Just dropping a note to say I observed the same behavior on a zippier CPU. . . May 29 06:34:02 starling test: msg nr from c () 6471 May 29 06:34:02 starling test: msg nr from c () 6470 May 29 06:34:02 starling test: msg nr from c () 3989 May 29 06:34:02 starling test: msg nr from c () 3988 . . Ben