008D8FC2 Invalid channel number for Guide Mode. Explanation: You tried to call Guide Mode from your program without assigning a number to the input/output channel. User Action: Assign a channel number to DAB$W_TT_CHANNEL. The simplest way to do this is to call the DEC DATATRIEVE Terminal Server immediately after initializing the DEC DATATRIEVE Call Interface: CALL DTR$DTR (DAB, DTR$M_OPT_CMD)