it converts codes send and recv... 5 to 8 8 to 5? can preprogram messages in stand alone mode and more... when I see things like this and giant 6502 my faith in things is renewed.... ed In a message dated 5/29/2016 6:52:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, jws at jwsss.com writes: This is from what I see attempting to run a TTY from a system. As to the second, the tangent the author puts in is wrong, I don't know if an ASR33 can run 5 level easily, but all I've ever used are ascii 8 bit machines. thanks Jim