First I would like to thank Brett for the pointer to the serial/tcp bridge at http://www.iox.co.za . As an aside it was pure hell pulling the program file back across the net. The program lets me telnet to the designated serial port. My problem... Basically I have this Gps hanging off the serial port that I can chat with through the the bridge program. When you turn on the gps it starts pumping out nmea sentences on a line by line basis through its' serial interface. What I want to do is log on to the bridge program which presents me with a tcp interface to the serial port and print out the serial stream on a line by line basis as long as it persists. listen: open/direct tcp://127.0.0.1:23 defines the connection to the interface what comes next? I have spent considerable time cycling through bits of code to get the desired result but am getting tired of guessing. I just wish to see the data stream as it appears so I can move on to the next step of parsing it on a line by line basis. I know this a "three line" code effort in Rebol so I appeal to your charity to help me along so I have some raw data to work upon. My eternal gratitude beckons you. Thanks in advance! jim
