_getcode, or (_getcode equ $4068) is used in Mini Shell Enhanced. I found it in the code for the shell and decided to try it. It works pretty well. anyway I looked in the include files and found those calls. thanks. BlAsTo1414 >the K_EXIT,etc. for _getky or GET_KEY (in asm86.h) >the kExit,etc. for _getkey (look in ti86asm.inc) >as for _getcode, i've never seen it before >-josh