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Rumor has it that Eric Smith may have mentioned these words: I disagree with the "obviously" part of things... Zip chips were a great idea, but they're not in use anymore, as SMD parts offer greater density (at the expense of replacability - you can socket a zip chip, but SMD memory is swapped by the stick nowadays) EPROM's were a great idea and were (and still are) in use for a *long* time, but Flash is easier to use in the field or at the customer's site (not to mention flash-upgradable BIOS's in PC's are a nice feature). Model T's (both the car & the computer) set many, many records, yet very few of either are in full use today because they've been superceded by newer/faster/smaller equipment (note: "better" is not in that list.. ;-) Just because something isn't in widespread use today, doesn't mean it wasn't (or isn't) a great idea. (Of course, a corollary to that might be: "Because WinBlows is so widespread and is in use today, it must be a great product!" Hogwash.) As always, IMHO... Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.