PF>   Timer on
 PF>   on timer gosub (doit)
 PF>   input foo$        ' wait for a key.
 PF>   end
 PF>  :doit
Thanks for the help, that is what I originally tried...But, turns out that
I have a basic compiler that does the input the way it should, and one that
does some wierd stuff also. The problem is that most BASIC's do not process
the timer while waiting for an Input function. Sigh. Ok, I have heard of
the Int2f, and have used it so far, but, under DOS, there is a way to
specify how many "ticks" that int gets, and under OS/2 you have a
sleep(x) type call. Any ideas on how to access these functions?
Seems a lot more efficient to say 
do
sleep(30)
 (misc funcs)
loop
Than to bother with anything else...
TTYL

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