Brad, You might want to look at Visual Alert by Total Technology Solutions. They are listed on The Cassandra website under Other Resources and Links. Here is their website. http://www.2tsi.com/software.htm Jim Kahlden System Reliability Analyst Lower Colorado River Authority Fayette Power Project 6549 Power Plant Road La Grange, TX 78945 (979) 249-8514 (Ph) (979) 249-8390 (Fax) jim.kahlden@xxxxxxxx >>> brad.s.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/25/2005 7:25:34 AM >>> I'm unfamiliar with this " imac " application. We have been without alarm retention for a long time (since noone would maintain our printers) and I keep meaning to put a PC in place. Although I realize that collecting text data over a serial port is not rocket science, the only application I've ever seen doing this is ProComm ... and that was a few years ago. What cheap and easy methods are there for this? Brad Wilson ExxonMobil Chemical Co Edison Synthetics Plant 732-321-6115 732-321-6177 fax Brad.S.Wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave