Aucbvax.5721 fa.info-vax utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-vax Tue Jan 12 15:21:25 1982 Input Streams >From AWalker@RUTGERS Wed Jan 6 20:13:22 1982 I had the same problem in interfacing .COM files and DEC TECO. What you do is $Deassign SYS$INPUT just before running your program. You don't even have to reassign it to disk... as soon as you deassign the name it defaults back to TT: Enjoy, _H* -------