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>>> MONSTER, copyright 1988-92, Alan Meiss <<< MONSTER is a memory resident joke program. Once run, it hides itself in about 7k of ram, and waits. If the user presses the 'm' key, up comes the monster... Try running MONSTER on a friend's terminal while they're gone, or better yet, stick it in a batch file. Upon pressing m, they will be confronted by a large flickering boogey-man. Screen text is not destroyed, and control is returned to the current application when the monster disappears. I make no guarantees about whether MONSTER will crash things or not, but it seems compatible with other programs, and won't pop up in CGA mode. To still type an m on the screen with monster running, just hit it twice. MONSTER would also be effective if it lurked for a set period of time before jumping up, but by using m as a 'hot key', it will wait for keyboard input to pop up and not spoil the surprise prematurely. No, don't send me money, I won't lay a guilt trip on you. Just enjoy the program. I'm not at liberty to release the program code, but if you have any suggestions or tales of fun MONSTER pranks, I'd enjoy hearing from you. Alan Meiss 2626 Parkwood Drive Speedway, IN 46224 ...have fun!