That does sound interesting, but I'm just looking for an easy to configure menu that launches DCL commands. I know I could write a script, but if something nicer is already out there, I'd prefer to use that... Sampsa On 12 Jul 2010, at 01:43, Jason Stevens wrote: A few weeks ago I found this bbs software written in DEC Fortran for VMS... I'm not sure if that's what you'd have in mind, but it seemed interesting..... On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: Guys, I'm planning on making a sort of "portal" for connecting to external systems from CHIMPY, i.e. create a captive user with a login script that shows a list of destinations (either SET HOST or TELNET). Any recommendations for which of the many menu programs from the Freeware disks to use? Sampsa