[quoted lines by Cheryl Homiak on March 16, 2002, at 23:18] >I don't have it out and can't replicate what I did to accomplish this. I know it >had something to do with the dc-in or out and the dts settings and I did have to >play with it somewhat. That sounds like you were enabling what's known as "hardware flow control". To be effective, it needs to be on on both ends. I don't know how to turn it on for the VB. For Linxu, however, you do it with the command: stty </dev/ttyS0 crtscts -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. http://familyradio.com