>The ANSI.SYS driver (ANSI.SYS is the terminal control feature which is >essentially DEC's VT100 terminal control routines) that comes with MS DOS >or PC DOS, allows someone to redefine the codes generated by keys. >I'm not trying to hide what the command sequence is, I just don't >remember. I do. The DEC VT100 manual says sending an ASCII "ENQ" (octal 5) character to a vt100 terminal will cause it to respond with an answerback message. I don't know how to program a PC with a custom message, but the original terminal did not allow programmatic method. It had to be done using a special setup screen on the terminal. Years ago I have a vt102 as my primry "workstation". If someone sat on my console, they could program the answerback to type "<return>/tmp/funnycommand<clearscreen>" then they could send a "\005" to my terminal while I was root, and force me to execute a trojan horse. This was why I always locked my terminal when I left, and always checked the answerback message every day. memories....