> There is nothing new under the sun :-)> . I remember doing the same > thing, and I think with the same escape sequences, in DCL (Digital Command > Language) on a VAX running VMS in the 1980's. my VMS experience was mostly on vt420 amber-screens. not much room for color (other than amber) there. :) Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com