RT> Is/are there options to compile maximus/squish for 
 RT> a mono vga enviroment, or 
 RT> at least use colours that don't just "disappear" on a
mono vga screen?
 
Your best bet is to run an xterm without colour capability. That is the
default on most UNIX systems.
 
 RT> PS. took me three attempts to download the 
 RT> max*tar.gz files, they tended to 
 RT> wait until 67% to 83% download and then just bombeb out.
 
Argh; you may have been trying at the time my ISP was dropping connections
last weekend. One of the processor modules in their Shasta went tango
uniform.
 
You can also get the tar files from the file releases page on SourceForge.
 
Wes

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