Russell McMahon wrote: > > I'm still not sure that they are not pulling my leg. > Talk about full circle. Haven't you noticed the progression? I was first introduced to computing on an OS360 in the '60s and thought it sucked. Got back into it in the 70's when you could actually get your hands on a 8080 or Z80 and play. Loved actually being able to develop without having to deal with a slothlike cross assembler on some overloaded Unix box, with a dead simple CP/M environment. Then came DOS, Windows, Linux, and now this. At least they are using a smart card rather than a piece of pasteboard with holes in it. Mainframe jocks don't die, they just keep popping up at inoportune moments, like herpes. Just keeping the SNR low.... -- Bear Technology Making Montana safe for Grizzlies http://people.montana.com/~bowman/