Anyone playing with jdk-1.4 java.nio.* packages? It looks like these packages provide synchronous I/O multiplexing, just like a unix select(2). This would rock since I've had to implement this sort of stuff as threads in the past. -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9