set mode/type=delurk I couldn't have said it better myself, having first hand experience with suits and MBA types. Why are most MBA's that I have met (not all, mind you) borderline sociopaths? Is there some trait of sociopaths that draws them to be an MBA? If anyone is interested in an entertaining (albeit disgusting, in a professional sense) story, e-mail me off list. ObOnTopic: I posted this a long while ago to another tech oriented list I'm on, and I've seen folks here that overlap, so apologies for those that have already seen this. I'm hoping maybe I'll strike with someone here - I have a Telesign TS-16 moving red LED sign. I do not have the controller. I'd love to get the controller for it, or figure out how to talk to the 25 pin female connector on it (looks like a parallel port). I've tried serial, no luck. Tried parallel and while I got the devices attention (it cleared the screen and stopped scrolling) I have no idea what to send. Hard googling and searching only comes up with my post on the other list. I can't beleive this thing is that unobtanium, but I've been wrong before. ;) Cheers, Fred