Zane H. Healy wrote: You mean you don't have how to create your own EBCDIC table memorized? I memorized it over 16 years ago, and oddly enough I still remember it. Zane Sorry. I grew up in the world of BCD and 6 bit characters. CDC finally started cutting in ASCII in the late 60's, but with little enthusiasm. EBCDIC is something I only encounter when restoring old IBM et al machines. And even then, usually it is just the codes that were perverted into vendor unique control characters that I have to question. Billy