hi Mario,

 PF>> do {
 PF>> c = getch();
 PF>> }while(c != 27);
 PF>> DosPostEventSem(hevPleaseStop, ...);

 MS> ok, and now the main thread has done it working and want to get back
 MS> main control over the keyboard. or just want to shutdown. 

 MS> how do you kill this thread? 

ungetc(27,stdin)?

 MS> safe! (simple DosKillThread MAY lock warp GA!). 

You have more than one thread, and are using library functions, so you were
linking with the multi-threading libraries already.  So, this ought to be
safe.

regards,
         hugo