No hassle. Just interested in the how and why programs act different on different systems and under different OS's.

The TERM setting on the winME machine is TERM=cygwin (within cygwin when running anyway). Haven't figured out where to change the setting yet. The Mac is awaiting a working monitor so can't check TERM on it right now. I think you're right on the TERM settings. I need to learn more about the enviromental parameters.

Daeve