> I don't know.. I'm not sure if the Itanium can execute 32-bit code or > not. Microsoft probably should have an emulation layer for 32-bit > applications. If you want to go back to 16-bit, port DOSEmu or something > ;-) it can, albeit *really* slowly. some PC hardware site got their hands on one for a little bit, and they say it runs 32-bit code about as fast as a 486/low-end Pentium. it should be pointed out that the IA-64 processors out there right now, are basically just for software development... they haven't been optimized for speed yet. it'll still be a couple of processor revisions before they'll be ready to compete with the K7s and P4s, for daily use. Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700