CompuServe Messages

Sorry, Paul, I didn't pay much attention to your Word problem (I use WordPerfect). I used the Microsoft BASIC Compiler to make the executable. Have you tried loading the ASCII version into MBasic and running it that way? The only things I can think of are (a) you have a TSR that's getting in the way of the input routines, or (b) you have an earlier version of MS-DOS than mine was compiled for (I'm running 3.0 for the 'Bow). Let me ask … were you able to answer the "Random Number" prompt and get the Long & Short Range windows before it died? (I assume you did if you got the "Command" prompt.) Try using a number like "123" or "418", i.e., any number greater than zero and less than one thousand. The "Interrupts Off" sounds like the MHFU sanity-check. Were you using CapsLock, or did you hold the shift key while typeing the command? (Hey, I'm clutching at straws, here!) I dunno … check your SetUp and see if the Lock key is set for Shift or Caps. Sorry- I'm outta ideas. Hey, lurkers… any suggestions? Dennette (chagrinned in Boston)