Hi Bill, It's always good to hear from the original designers of this stuff. Thanks for taking time to write. A friend of mine picked up a Basic Four just a couple of years ago. It was still in service (accounting) up till the time they gave it to him. They're good solid machines but you could anchor a battleship with one! Mike Haas in Brunswick still has one. I'll forward your message to him. Joe At 08:46 AM 12/18/03 -0800, you wrote: these computers are still around. This just brings up all kinds of memories. I was one of the original development engineers at Basic Four was an enhanced emulation of the 1200 that we bought from (I think) Microdata, in addition to almost every peripheral diagnostic, most of the drivers and a big hunk of BB2. So, if the computer museum ever needs a little background on the company or products of Basic Four, give me a yell.