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I'm not so sure that's a good idea, Betty! I've downloaded several of the basic programs with no problems. I'm not using MAXICOM though…my procedure is to download to my Z100 and then transfer to the Amiga via a serial lash-up I've got working. I've gotta believe that the problem is with Maxicom both on sending AND receiving. Another answer (the light dawns!) might be that the programs being downloaded by Maxicom were set up for non-amiga machines! For instance, files sent down by XMODEM on an IBM or MSDOS machine are going to have BOTH carriage return AND line feed in them. The Amiga wants only line feed! (Amiga is similar to Unix in this respect). That would explain why downloading through a capture buffer as suggested by another message works! The program receives carriage returns—and changes each one to a line feed. I'm SURE thats the problem! I have a filter program written in Abasic which will correct the situation. In the meantime…one of the folks who downloaded one of the basic programs with Maxicomm could bring up CLI and do the following: (I'll use SKPAD.BAS as an example) type skpad.bas opt h This will list the file which was downloaded in both hex and ascii. Examine the end of a line. If you see BOTH '0C' AND '0A' (or '0C' only) then the problem is as I have described. Rick Schaeffer *** There is a reply: 42244 Enter command, N for next message or <CR> for menu : n