If this is the same guy who was doing this on ebay years ago... didn't he have an ID something like sndshq (or some approximately similar combination)? I see to recall deliberately putting a 'teaser' item on ebay, and needless to say he was all over me like a rash with questions... IIRC he was from somewhere up north east... maybe New Hampshire? I have a hole, but it's utterly non-black. CHM have some clout; do you think there's any mileage in you trying to get IBM to re-open their archives. ISTR ?Jay Maynard? telling me years ago that they used to be open and helpful, then about ten years ago got locked down tight due to lawyer-driven BS. (that's getting so common now I think it needs an acronym of its own... LDBS?) (oh and the entire Corestore collection is now in New Zealand, for those who don't know! Film at 11 :-) Mike http://www.corestore.org 'No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame. For one person, in the dark, where no one will ever know or see.'