Thanks for the routine David, it's just what I was after.

IP> Also, out of interest, can text colour/flashing etc be used without an
IP> ANSI driver? If so, how?

DN> No, not via printf() anyway.

I found TEXTCOLOR and CPRINTF soon after leaving my original message -
they're just what I was looking for.

Thanks,
Ian.

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