hi stief.
thanks for your reply. that explains the search result limit of 150.
this is an undue limitation, i feel, for in previous larger limits i
used to be able to find the 'rare stuff', which then i could not
download in time because of 56k modem - which now do not show in search results.

but i will follow up on your suggestions of specifying searches, etc.

i also downloaded

the beta patch 3.7.9


a moment ago and
will post here later today to notify those interested
of my experiences with it thus far.