Sorry for the OT but I thought Linux users may be interested in it. Check out http://www.vmware.com for a Windows 98 and Windows NT emulator under Linux. Beta version is available for download. Apparently it can emulate serial, parallel and ethernet interfaces. Idea is to be able to use the PIC programmers only supported under Windoze without leaving the linux environment. I dont want this to becaome a long OT thread but would like to hear from people that have tried it. Please send mail privately to me. I hope this hasn't been discussed here already 'cause I haven't had time to keep up with the list lately. Thanks, Shahid mailto:sheikh@erols.com (On a side note, any first impressions of Redhat 5.9/60? I haven't been able to download it yet. Again, please send me responses privately.)