OK, so I rolled my own. A very quick and dirty DCL hack, but it seems to work (thanks Steve). Anyone want their system to be listed on this (log on to CHIMPY as user LAUNCH to see what I'm talking about , I took the liberty of adding WOPR and MIM for testing purposes, let me know if you want them delisted)... Sampsa On 12 Jul 2010, at 02:04, Sampsa Laine wrote: 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