'If all you want to do is send a message then: MPSTART 'One person says yes, the other no IF MPLOCAL==MPHOST THEN'If true you are the host system MPSEND "HELLO OTHER WORLD!" 'send a text string WAIT 398'waiting to insure enough time to read MPEND ELSE 'when not host WHILE(MES$=="") MPRECV OUT MPHOST,MES$ 'Get a message from the host & store MES$ WEND PRINT MES$ ENDIF