Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! Thank you Sam for the suggestions for fixing the Compaq freedos stuck problem. I have saved the info. and will pick them up for possible future needs. Meantime I removed the Compaq battery and shut off the power for a few hours. When I started the compaq the next day, it had forgotten all the garbage that caused the compaq to utter endless stupidities. Brian Murphy BCMURPHY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --