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David, It is going to take more than one message (from you and also from me) to get all of this worked out, but we can do it. First of all – almost everything on this and all other boards is archived using either ARC, LHARC, or ZOO. This is done for several reasons. Mainly, it keeps all the files that belong together in a single file for downloading, and also, it compacts the data so you have a much shorter download time. It does mean, though, that you have to unpack the data once you have it downloaded. For that, you need to go to Library 5 of AmigaUser and download: ARC.EXE to unpack files whose names end with .ARC ZOO.EXE to unpack files whose names end with .ZOO LHARC.EXE to unpack files whose names end with .LZH ARCHLP.EXE to teach you how to use the other three. Second, you will need a viewer that can display most of the graphics. The two I like best are SuperVIEW and MOSTRA. Both of those are in Library 14 of AMigaArts. I would suggest that you format a clean disk to hold your downloads, and name it DL. Then, when the CIS computer asks: Name for your computer: you can type DL:FILENAME.EXT whatever the filename and extension might be, such as SVIEW.LZH Most of the things will not have icons, but once you have learned to download and to unarc, I'll tell you how to do that, too. Let me know if you need more help. Betty