CHOICE.EXE is a perfect example of what I need. Thanks, dilettante. Why I didn't think to go look in one of my old DOS directories I'll never know but there are several apps there that also will do. All of you guys spent too time and effort in asking questions that really had no bearing on anything when all I wanted was a name of a small DOS app with keyboard input. I cannot imagine why it makes such a difference as to why I want it, what I am going to do with it or what I am going to do with the data or anything else. Cannot it just suffice that all I wanted was a name?