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Alan, <How do I load the various programs after I download them. Do I need to use the shell? I am able to copy them from thr ram to a disk, but I can't seem to access the files.> Most files online are compressed with a program to make them smaller and easier to up/down/load. The last three letters after the '.' tell us which compressor was used. If it's .lha or lzh you can uncompress them with LHA, which can be found in a self-extracting archive in the AmigaUsers Archiver/Crunchers library as LHA138.run. Copy it to ram: cd to ram: type: lha138.run and it will unpack itself. Copy the executabely (LHA) to your c: directory. Any time you want to find out how to archive or unarchive a file you can type: lha on a cli/shell line and it will display all the commands and the templates for using them. To simply unpack an .lha file go to where the file is and type: lha x filename hit return and the file will unpack. There are other extensions also like .txt, a text file, can be read as is, .zoo Zoo, .zip, Zip, etc.. Hope this helps! Asha Another day, another million colors