On Tuesday 04 August 2009 16:03:27 David Brodbeck wrote: > > Yup. Actually, I think the original application was copying 9-track > reel-to-reel tapes, while optionally converting the data between EBCDIC > and ASCII. Ancient mainframe stuff. :) Ah yes, EBCDIC, IBM's challenge to ASCII. A real PIA at times. -- Brian Wood beww at beww.org