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Jack, Re: <the text reader for the AMosaic doc.files as it appears that it forms part of a complete package, which might help explain all.> Right you are. AMosaic docs are readable using AMosaic. However, after you unpack the archive there should be a file called README.install. As long as you have a registered version of Magic User Interface (MUI – not Magic Workbench) and WorkBench 3.0 or 3.1 you shouldn't have too much trouble. <through"ftp://max.physics.sunysb.edu/pub/amosaic/support" when I can navigate the internet> If you have AmiTCP running you can use "ncftp" to get files. It's fairly easy to use. In a shell, CD to the directory where you want the files to go then type "ncftp <name of poor overworked university computer with all the goodies.edu>" and wait for a message telling you that your actions are being logged. Type the word "binary" sometime before you start downloading anything other than a text file. To get to the directory you want, type "cd /<glom.city or wherever you want to go>. To see where you are, type "pwd" and if you dont like that dir go up a level by typing "cdup" and see what's there. You can take a quick look-see by typing "ls" or examine more closely by typing "ls -l". I recommend going to your destination one / level at a time and ls'ing around. You may see some /dirs which catch your interest. Once you find a file you want, type "get <name.of.file>" hit <Enter> and wait. If you want more than one file from the same /dir, you can use "*" as a wild card and "mget" all the files which match. But the letters and chars you DO use must match exactly – UPPER and lower case are different. When you are done, type "quit" and wait until you see that you are done to issue the "stopnet" command in the Amiga shell or go to another net application (Gopher, ferinstance – it's even easier than ncftp, but ncftp seems to be the fastest for getting those files). -John "…there is no such thing as a bad tube amp"