>So, I invite all you beginners, newbies, youngsters, inepts, and
>others who have simply worked yourselves into a corner and could use
>some help, to POST THOSE QUESTIONS without apology! That doesn't mean
>the list should be used in place of the manuals, but if you don't see
>it in the manuals, put it up here. Someone will be glad to help. I
>hope you're still out there, and haven't quit lurking just because
>everything you've seen here seems too advanced or confusing. This is
>a friendly, helpful community, and we want to hear from you.

>my ¢¢
>  e-e
>  =J= a  y
>   "

I can agree with this. I need easy problems, otherwise I can't help at all. :)

You people are too smart.

But at the same time, I have found that eventually, one reaches a level
where one ends up using that arcane stuff. :) Nice to have the depth
available.

I got FB 1.0.3 for only $49, best deal ever, with all those manuals and
more several years ago. I didn't even know how to code, though I had done
some in college, my last major success with a Timex-Sinclair.

I started off in FB land writing a program called TweenMachine. I came up
wth a really nice interface image for it, and then wrote the code to go
behind it.

Waverly E helped me with it kindly, and at that point in time, using MID$
seemed impossible to me. It was what I needed, but I didn't know it was
what I needed until it was shown to me.

So, if you are in a similar place, post at will, post in ignorance, post
haste, and post mortum.

Post Office if you want, fence post if you have to. Compost your results,
but get it on out here.

You ought to see the horrors and indignities I suffer on the beta list. :)
I need a new place to feel like an idiot. A safe place. One populated with
more idiots. Who don't care. :)

(Jay's just mad because he's a word jockey and serial ports may as well be
cereal parts.)

:)

rc
Serial Filler