The period listed by Joe Patterson et al. in his recent alert e-mail, is gratifying to see. This period agrees well with that observed at minimum for AL Com as reported in PASP 1988 100, 224, PASP 1989, 101, 899. and IBVS No. 3653. The minimum light curve of AL Com is indeed an odd beast and a magnetic nature for AL Com has been suggested as a possible explaination. It may be similar to such behaviour seen in systems like TW Vir or SW UMa. Steve Howell and Paula Szkody