Well, I've got the program, and I'm ready to start sweeping (about 35,600 keys/sec on a P5 90 Mhz NT machine - have to see how many I can draft for this) - I even compiled for Win 3.11 (less than 800 keys/sec on a 486/33 - don't think I'll bother). I've got the challenge file from Adam's messages. But when do we start? Have we started already? Have we completed? It's difficult to tell. There was talk of starting at 12:00GMT (about 6 AM here on the east coast), but there was no 'start now' message to the list. At Adam's site, I can see that 'project 11fa' has been completed, but the key (000000001234) looks like test data. If I try to allocate keys, I get the 600 SLEEP 3600 message, which suggests strongly that the seach has not started yet. Adam, when you fix a time to start the search, could you: 1. Send a message to the list, clearly saying so, and giving the time. 2. Put a <h1>headline</h1> in your page saying it's underway? Thanks. Peter Trei Senior Software Engineer Purveyor Development Team Process Software Corporation trei@process.com