Awhuxlb.133 fa.info-vax utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!harpo!whuxlb!nrf Fri Jan 22 23:39:29 1982 Re: Unix vs VMS One of the features of UNIX 3.0/4.0 is that all the special character you mentioned (with the exception of '\') may be changed. In addition, the characteristics of the input stream and output stream are independently set. Finally, a 'pad' mode for output delays is available for use with statistical mux's.