I am looking for a few MINDSET items, in particular a BASIC

IIRC, th IBM PCjr has BASIC in ROM, so the cartridge is quitel ikely to be BASIC extensions, not the full interpretter. It is _very_ difficult to judge somebody's knowledge nad experience based on a few postings. Sure you might have been proggraming since the days of the EDSAC, you might be able to solder hup a handful of chips from the juckbox and have everythig nwork first tiem, never lookig nat a databook. Or you might be soembody who is starting out and wants to learn. My view is that it's better to give too mcuh information in the reply than too little, even if I am pointing something out that you've known for 20 years. It is not intended as an insult. And having known 'Grumpy old Fred' fro many years here, I don't think he's going to deliberately isnult somebody asking sensible questions. -tony