Dear CCTALK -- I hope this is an appropriate place to post this kind of message. My company occasionally has old computers and such to get rid of -- "else they're going in the skip". Would anybody be interested in a Compaq Portable III? It's Model 2660 120/240 V, orange screen luggable. Here's a page with pictures I found: http://oldcomputers.net/compaqiii.html It powers up, passes RAM check (640 Kbyte) and then has an error about options not set, then another about time and date. I assume its CMOS RAM battery is flat. I don't know whether it has a hard drive (I think so) or whether it will boot or is repairable. It has a UK keyboard. Yours for Two (2) bottles of beer for first person to e-mail me saying they'll come collect it (from London WC1). Many thanks, Jonathan. jonathan dot laventhol at imagination dot com -- ______________________________________________________________________ Imagination Ltd 25 Store Street South Crescent, London WC1E 7BL, England Tel +44 (0)20 7323 3300 Fax +44 (0)20 7323 5801 ______________________________________________________________________