When using MEX to receive 1200 baud XMODEM transfers on a Kaypro 4-84, I got a "Bad Sector Header" message every 128 records (16K). I believe this problem occurs on all floppy-based Kaypros because the disk writes are so slow. The MEX file transfer buffer comes installed at 16KB long. The Kaypro takes too long to write this much data, so when the buffer is flushed, the sending machine times out and sends the current block again. This puts the two machines temporarily out of synch. Most of the time, they get back on track quickly, so there's no problem except a little wasted time. But sometimes the entire file transfer gets cancelled when this error occurs. I assume there's a control character in the transmitted file that gets misinterpreted as a command because of the out-of-synch condition. This can be very upsetting when it happens near the end of a 96K file, as it did to me recently. The solution is to make the transfer buffer smaller, so that the receiving Kaypro can write out the buffer and acknowledge the current block within the timeout "window." You can do this by editing, assembling and MLOADing MEXPAT22.ASM over MEX.COM. However, this patch file can alter previously-made configurations. There's a much easier fix. Just change just one byte with any disk editor (PATCH, DU, FU, SUPERZAP, etc.) or even DDT. I'll assume you know how to use one. MEX patch points begin at location 0D00, and the size of the transfer buffer (in KB) is in location 0D23. As supplied, this byte contains the hex number 10. Just change it to 04, and you won't have any more timeout errors. I found this location by looking in MEXPAT22.ASM and comparing the bytes in MEX.COM with the listing. I have used this modification on MEX 1.14 over a week now with no problems. The same patch should work on MEX 1.2. I don't know if the patch points are different in other versions. If you can't find the hex 10 at location 0D23, just look for the following sequence of bytes: FF 10 01 28 28 00 00. The "10" is what you need to change. If anybody has any further information on this problem, feel free to append it to the end of this file. Peter A. Klein Seattle, WA 2/15/86 ion on this problem, feel free to appe