The trick is getting one with a decent print head. The Silent 700 is basically indestructible as far as I can tell but the print heads do wear out. And when they do they get harder and harder to read. Replacements are available for about $100 each and are good for a couple of years constant service and probably 10yrs light duty. Also be aware that there are several models of the Silent 700. I think I've got two of each :-) and the lowest (745 does upper case and small uppercase) the higher end (785) will do true upper and lower case with decenders. Some have mass storage, my two favorites are the tape cassettes and the bubble memory ones. (733 and 765) So $2 for a 745 is about right, for a 765 (bubble memory) perhaps $50 is more reasonable. (Let's put it this way, I'd probably sell my 765 for $50 :-) --Chuck At 02:57 PM 11/17/00 -0600, you wrote: