strange remark about your collection?

Well, FSVO "computer". For some purposes, an embedded microcontroller counts; for others, it doesn't. Yes. They fried in a lightning storm. Everything was fine for a while; then, after a lightning storm, it would beep intermittently. It finally occurred to me that if it can beep when it's not supposed to, it can turn on the microwaves when it's not supposed to. So I looked over the circuit, concluded that the control board all culminated in two relays (one for microwaves, one for light and fan and such) and replaced it with zip cord coming out to an external switch. I'm a big believer in "too simple to break". They do. That's a reason I avoid "modern" white goods. [In case that idiom isn't portable, "white goods" is North American - or perhaps Canadian? - for major appliances like ranges/stoves/etc, dishwashers, refrigerators, laundry washers and dryers, and the like. Whether they are actually coloured white in any particular instance is not very relevant.] I agree. When the pros don't use something, there's usually a lesson to be learnt from that. (Sometimes you want to do what the pros do, sometimes you don't, but knowing why the difference exists is almost always good.) /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse at rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B