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That's what I do, and always have. I know there are plenty of people who can improce on what I've done. Who would do it differently, Who would want to make changes. To which I have only one word -- GREAT! If what I've done helps somebody else to do something they want/need to do, then that's how we progress. I can think of one time in particularly where an enthusiast will not release the sources for his program (which, due ot the hardware it runs on is useless to me in its current form), and which has hindered me as a result. Oh well... If/when I get roudn to producign my own version I will release my sources... I am alos pretty sure that the market for add-ons, test units, etc for classic computers is so samll that nobody is going to try to make them commrcailly. Just about the only thing I object to is somebody basing theie design on a large part of my work and not acknowledging it. As regaurds the 'will do it even without the source), I agree. It reminds me a od a comment I make when manufactueres will not sell me service manuals or spare parts. Namely "I'll fix that darn thing without the manual. I'll make the parts from scratch if need be. But I also know what manufactuter to not recomend in the future and who not to buy from again". I am likely to be less free with advice (on anything) to people who don't release sources. One final comment. You may come across things I wrote years ago with comments like 'This is not Public Domain, it is released for the benefit of PERQ fanantics...'. It is _not_ leagally public domain, I will not totally give up the copyright (for good reasons)., But I will take a very wide definiton of 'PERQ fanatic' or whatever. If it helps you write a PERQ emulator, or archive some PERQ disks, or.. then you're a PREQ-fanatic. -tony