Date: 6 Sep 2002 19:50:08 -0000 Message-ID: <20020906195008.13933.qmail@nym.alias.net> From: Hobbyist Subject: Re: simple getch() Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp x-no-archive: yes References: Mail-To-News-Contact: postmaster AT nym DOT alias DOT net Organization: mail2news AT nym DOT alias DOT net Lines: 10 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com My guess would be that you need a each time in addition to the /a in order to flush the buffer to cout. Hobbyist