I have tried using attroff on an SGI 4D workstation, using release 3.1 of IRIX (V.3.2 based), and had the same problem. I strongly suspect it is a bug in the ATT release of curses. Jeremy Nussbaum Prime Computer 2 Crosby Drive, MS 16-2 Bedford, Ma. 01730 (617)257-1800 x6745