Hi all, Well, Vic, you know that Windows is not a true multitasking invironment. the processor pauses between tasks in order to allocate resources and memory while Linux and Unix really *are* multitasking environments. they actually do run processes simultaneously and there is no pausing or checking of resources. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
