On May 26, 12:28, Fred Cisin wrote: strangest of A penny (a large British one) inside a Commodore PET; it was the cause of the shorted PSU and blown fuse. I've often found extra screws rattling around inside things. Paper clips are pretty common, as are biscuit crumbs and bits of crisp ("potato chips", you colonists call them, I believe). The worst was the dust in an 11/23 I was once called out to fix. It wouldn't boot (which turned out to be because it was overheating). When I slid the cover off the BA11-N, it looked like a large grey brick. I explained to the owners that having it on the floor under the reception desk was perhaps not the best place for this hotel's call logger and billing system. But the strangest must be the 1?" No.8 woodscrew inside an RK05 pack. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York