Re: links and help. Thanks, the symbol is nowhere to be found. Philip Pemberton: Your database could be usefull, not just to me, so if you have the capability, why not put it up. I do not understand about 'converting to a *nix friendly format' ;-). I thought that the other camp had the problem with reading 'unknown file formats' ;-) (as in open with ... ?). many thanks, Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics