Ken Sletten wrote ... >Transact can redirect block mode I/O to another LDEV ... to make >it easier to debug ... We do this in our shop for our block mode (VPLUS) apps also (FORTRAN code!). It is one of several major reasons why network connections are not the panacea for everything. WE NEED nailed ports to do this. HOWEVER, this makes it difficult to move a programmer to another office area because there are many network connections in the bldg already, but NOT enough serial connections. It would be nice if some way we could do an FOPEN to a device on the network.... Elbert