PE> It's a fundamental flaw, not having the equivalent of BASIC's
 PE> CHR$() and ASC() functions. Incredible flaw.

 RS> Hardly the end of civilisation as we know it when its quite
 RS> possible to provide your own if you need it and you normally
 RS> wont need it in a comms prog anyway.

Hi Rod,
        I have since discovered that you *can't* create your own ASC()
or CHR$() with either a string or an external file. Telemate is not
case sensitive with its STRPOS procedure when reading a string, or in
is READ procedure when reading a file! Blood hell! I've been able to
wrok around everything else, but this is the end of civilisation as we
know it (with Telemate, anway).

  The only thing left is to write the main freq program in BASIC (or
whatever - I think I prefer Pascal) and call it from inside Telemate.

 RS> Next you will be saying that its an incredible flaw that it
 RS> doesnt have a function to detect if the user is wearing purple
 RS> underpants |-)

  I have written this procedure. I call it skidmarks(buff, bum, poop)

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