Thanks for the help.
Unfortunately the modules option didn't work.
I had to renew the license so I moved all the way up to 6.6.1
then it worked. Then my host crashed, network wide...nice...
Is it possible that my host upgraded their version of PERL CGI? (they never tell anyone when they do these things)
Perhaps the new version is not downward compliant with older CGI code (like in version 6.4.1.1)
This could explain why both bulletin boards failed simultaneously> (There is no sharing of files between them)
Just a guess...
Well, Thanks again, I'm off to reconfig. .pl's and the like!