Haha, thank you very much for the kind words Chuck. There are still a few buglets left to be squashed in that last check in and Mike needs to put the request_irq() stuff back in for the continuous reading mode but it seems to work okay for most situations. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061