Well, that's not the only way. There are a number of ways to get a PDP-11 directly on the net, and there's a wide variety of network- connectible machines that can read and write 8" floppies. Seeing as how you'll be "stuffing text down the serial line", the easier way is probably to use PIP to make the source file. For example: .R PIP *MYSORC.MAC=TT: (at this point you stuff the text down the serial line, probably with a delay between characters and lines) <Control-Z> *<Control-C> You now have the text you want in MYSORC.MAC. The EDIT.SAV executable you have is probably a rather vanilla version of TECO. Just to verify, try this (I use the convention that $ is ESCAPE or ALTMODE): .R EDIT *EWTEST.MAC$$ (this opens TEST.MAC for output) *I This is some text.$$ *V$$ This is some text.* EX$$ .R PIP *TT:=TEST.MAC This is some text. *^C Later versions of RT-11 have an EDIT.SAV that is *not* TECO. (For a long time, TECO.SAV didn't come with the distribution media - at least as an immediately obvious file - but as of 5.7 it's back.) -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927