A while ago I asked for a reasonable shell for DOS/Win95: I find BASH (from Cygnus gnutools etc.) See http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/ and NTSH http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/6702/ntsh.html quite usefull. NTSH is a bit unstable, but offers a very long scroll back history. Thanks for all the recommendations. m.c.