I'm not a programmer either but I never let that stop me. I added about 270 lines to sanei_scsi.c (including blank lines, (few) comments, debugging, error checking and assorted fluff) to implement a VMS version of the routine sanei_scsi_cmd2(), some of which I copied from the existing routine and to add routines vms_open_device() and vms_close_device(). The added code doesn't do anything more complicated than call system routines such as sys$assign(), sys$qiow() and sys$dassgn() and was practically lifted from "Generic SCSI Class Driver Programming Example" in the VMS I/O Users Reference Manual: Part I. I also added another 76 lines to do a quick hack translate of calls to syslog() into calls to sys$sndopr() as VMS doesn't have syslog(). Finally, I created a suitable config.h containing mainly #defines and gruesome hacks. The rest pretty much compiled as-is. (I didn't compile all of sane - just the bits I needed to for my scanner). It won't win any awards, but it seems to work. Besides, you don't have to do it - I've already done it! (If you want software for a PERQ, maybe someone else can help) You could always build one :-) I think we've addressed all the other difficulties. We can't be expected to cover everything :-) Regards, Peter Coghlan.