On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 07:03 +0100, Ian West wrote: Whilst on the subject, is it possible to buy a new 'normal' keyboard these days without the Windows keys? Heck, I don't even have Windows on the main desktop machine any more, and on the occasions when I do have to use a PC with Windows installed I'm forever catching the left-hand Windows key when going for Alt... grr! (As an aside, someone showed me a prototype Acorn machine a few weeks back which had an 'http://' key on it - I gather it was patented too) Depending on what the original poster wants to do, there are gadgets such as this: http://www.x10.com/products/x10_mk19a.htm ... if you're homebrewing something that just needs a minimum of input (hence the small keyboard) then maybe that's an option. Of course what would be really nice would be a remote control that sends documented codes related to key position, and at order time you say what you want printed on each keytop. I'm not aware of anywhere offering that though... (My car-based mp3 jukebox project has been stalled for years until I can figure out a way of navigating thousands of audio files on the move without killing myself :-) cheers, Jules

Vintage Computer Festival wrote: Use a single 45 record and a nice valve amp. What was wrong with the old 8 track format anyhow other than too cheap cases and poor audio tape ? If random access is not needed how about 4 tracks of audio ... about 15? minutes long. Tape selection as 000...999 4 push buttons to toggle selection ... audio response 7 hundred and Fifty The best of blah blah blah ... track 3 Ben. PS. mp3 may be too compressed for home audio however with a nive valve amp.