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The problem with the Animation Studio is due to a 'feature' in 2.0. Unfortunately the C= engineers did not realize that this feature (copper list clipping, if you're interested inthe details 😎 would end up breaking legitimate code, such as what TAS has. C= is at this moment considering ways to rectify this problem, and if they don't the author of TAS has indicated that he'll come out with a patch to fix the problem. Since 2.0 was just released, and the current version on the 3000 is acknowledged to have some problems, I would expect to have some problems. Fortunately though, there are not many at all – I use my 3000 under 2.0 on a regular basis, and drop into 1.3 only to use Deluxe Paint III (it has a problem with fills under 2.0). BTW, as I implied above, you can easily switch between 2.0 and 1.3 of the OS on the 3000. When you turn on your machine, simply hold down both mouse buttons and a little screen will pop up giving you a choice to boot into 1.3 or 2.0. This thoughtful feature provided by C= has made current 2.0 compatability problems much easier to bear. -Mike