I use Windows Paintbrush to generate monochrome .bmp files, then use IrfanView 32 (a great freeware image viewer/converter) to convert the .bmps to 256 color before saving them as .pcx files for Pic83. IrfanView can be found at http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/english.htm . This (free) setup works well for me. Unlike Paint Shop Pro, there is no registration fee for either Windows Paintbrush or IrfanView. Asm83P