*** Good advice about scanf is not to use it. On Wollongong V7 it exhibits bizarre behavior, and it does not work at all on several ports I have used. Now there are more differences! Bah! -- scc!steiny Don Steiny - Personetics @ (408) 425-0382 109 Torrey Pine Terr. Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 ihnp4!pesnta -\ fortune!idsvax -> scc!steiny ucbvax!twg -/