> I chose little endian because thats what most networks seem to use (as > opposed to IBM or Motorola CPUs). The DARPA protocols (TCP/IP) are perhaps the most widely-used among Unix systems. Network byte order for these protocols is big-endian. -- - bc - ..!{seismo,topaz,gatech,nbires,ihnp4}!ut-sally!cyb-eng!bc (512) 835-2266