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Gerhard, There's an automated telecomm program available from ATI over in Amigavendor. Look for WHP19G.LZH in lib 9. It's an (almost) fully functional program, with only some of the more esoteric functions being crippled and annoying Guilt screens popping up while using it. The full version cost $49.95US and ATI will tickle it into its full capabilities online upon reciept of the fee. As to downloading from the PC and transferring to the Amiga. If the Amiga has any terminal software with any of the CIS supported transfer protocols, use that to 'bootstrap' to more capable software. If you wish to utilize the PC to fetch the things, you can use a protocol transfer between the machines using a null modem. I recommend you download using the Amiga, though, as things can get complicated. If your Amiga doesn't have any terminal software capable of binary downloads check with the nearest user group. They can most likely get you something to get you started. Files of interest other than Whap! (the ATI program) are the archivers (ARC, LHARC, LZ and occasionally ZOO are the primary ones used here) found in lib 16 here and the terminal programs in Lib 5. I personally recommend BackTalk (BT151.LZH) Once you have the de-archivers and an effective terminal program I highly recommend Whap! It is considered a 'must-have' for effective forum-crawling and will save you quite a bit of money. Be aware that there is a minor bug caused by CIS's recent library software change. The authors are aware of it and reports are that a newer version is in the works as soon as all bug reports are checked. It concerns doing a download 'by hand' rather than using the built-in cataloguing portion of Whap!, so avoiding it is easy. Leave another message if you need additional information or help. Someone, if not I, will gladly answer any questions you have. Doug