Subj : shared COMM port To : Peter Knapper From : Elwyn Goldsbury Date : Sun Feb 04 2001 05:20 am thanks peter I will investigate that - I am still using bink 2.59 i presume it has the same function ? I woulds also very much like to build a straight command file to invoke ppp and slattach rather than use the attglobal dialer which has a habit of hanging on the logon window Elwyn goldsbury --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: GenBOARD/2 (Wellington, New Zealand) 64-4-479-1960 (3:771/160) .