Ncs is a variant of cs (from 9front). Ncs has an addtional option "-t" to the cs. A problem with cs.c (from both 9front and 9atom) is that they produce large latency in dial connection. The latency comes from IL protocol that is listed first in /net/cs query. (look "network" in original cs.c) The "-t" option in new cs.c enables to skip the first IL protocol, which reduces the latency remarkably. compile and installation: just MK install The new cs.c is installed to /$objtype/ndb as the name "ncs", Therefore replace "ndb/cs" by "ndb/ncs -t" in /rc/bin/termrc and /rc/bin/cpurc to make effect. Don't remove /$objtype/ndb/cs which may be used elsewhere. Kenji Arisawa