Date: Fri, 16 Sep 94 12:14:43 EDT
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: early AT finite DOT nrl DOT navy DOT mil
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: printf?
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> When I try
> 
>    printf("\nThis is a prompt: ");
> 
> nothing appears until after I strike a key that is caught by getche.  

Have your tried setting stdout to unbuffered using setbuf()?  Or try
fflush(stdout) before reading the keyboard for a response.