In message <33B8B786.6F47(a)ndirect.co.uk> classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu writes: If I rode a bicycle, and had a penny-farthing, I might well use it, yes. Please give me one _good_ reason not to. While I can think of other things that would be a good as the MK-14 for (say) I2C chip testing (a microcontroller board springs to mind), I can't think of anything that would be _better_. The origianl statement stands. I can't think of a single computer system (owned by me or not) that can't be used for useful work in 1997. The fact that it's old has nothing to do with it. I can think of many applications that need fast machines with plenty of memory. I'd not use (most) classic computers for those. But as I rarely need to do such work, I see no reason _not_ to use a classic. -tony