> The > usual way to do this is in a subshell with stdin redirected > > (stty 4800 ; cat )< /dev/tty01 Or change the speed to 4800 in '/etc/ttys' and then run : /sbin/ttyflags /dev/tty01 (as root). This will make the change more permanent. J -- My other computer also runs NetBSD http://www.netbsd.org/