Hi Alfredo & Jeff, Yes, I am list-ening... today even close to zero backlog as I have changed the HP3000-L digesting to "my" 3000/959-200 dump reading and diagnostic system using THE freeware Netmail/3000 and Netscape Mail as POP client. (I guess a freeware plug isn't a plug, is it?). (My Desk has been recovered but the [log in to unmask] IT gateway still prefers the redirection to OpenMail at present) I intended to also post this reply with Netscape Mail but my network connection is somewhat unreliable today, so I returned to the plain terminal interface (it is sunday and I am not at the office...) By the way, my 959-200 serves even less users than the "monsters" that have been mentioned in the recent Oracle-wasting/selling-hardware posts. But this is a lack of users, not a lack of horsepower, I guess :-) Well, back from the off-topic asides (sorry for bandwidth but at least it was plain ASCII waste, not postscript or PDF or MPEG video)... Thanks for advertising the Web Starter Kit, Alfredo. I am very happy that you (and Joe) enjoyed it. The current version 1.1 still lacks some some samples how to trigger MPE commands or or handle forms to involve programs allowing TurboIMAGE database access (using CGI scripts). But I hope to find some (p)leisure time to try (and include) these things. So I guess there will be some 1.2 version to be accounced some day. I hope that there will be a chance at HP World to make copies for all those who are interested in the Web Starter Kit (especially for those who do not yet have Internet access, but might use it on their inhouse InTRAnet). This will save me from filling out another bunch of customs papers... ;-) I wish I could attend HP World and visit the giant poster. Sigh. Jeff, your posting re SIGPOSIX was excellent (as usual) and I think the value of Mark Klein's g++ port really gives us all a chance to get more tools & applications onto the 3000. I haven't tried it myself so far, and without your posting I might have even forgotten about it :( I once considered it would be nice to have free "limited" versions of the HP 3000 compilers (at least COBOL and Pascal), with the limitation being something that constrains the "size" of the resulting program (for example a limited number of symbols that can be defined/imported). That idea still has the "language of choice" advantage i.e. if I know Pascal then I can start programming on the 3000 using my known/favourite language instead of struggling with C (which I myself find too dangerous for me as the compiler will allow me to shoot myself in the foot more easily than Pascal does it)... BUT having the GNU g++ "unrestricted" compiler indeed is a great chance! Let's not miss using that chance! Lars/iX