No no no. My wife, who is not at all into computers (still seems to pick up stuff fast and I don't have to tell her how to do something more than once usually), LOVES my hobby of collecting computers. She realizes and has said that my hobby is what makes me so employable so she knows we and our children (when we have them) will never go hungry. It also allowed us to buy our home, the finished basement of which has been allocated (at her suggestion) to my computer hobby. This way I don't have junk all over the house, I have an area where I can set things up and be assured she won't go around switching things off or moving them and guarantees that I'll be at home instead of out galavanting about at bars or sports games like other husbands. Plus, she knows I won't give her a hard time about collecting Barbies, books and pets...because she's so understanding about my hobby. On the other hand, all my girlfriends up to meeting my wife HATED my computers (in my apartment so I don't know what business it was of theirs anyway), hated me spending time on them and thought they were useless junk. My wife saw my computers and saw stability (aside from loving me and me loving her and all the things that make a good marriage possible), someone who wouldn't cheat on her or beat her (not that she'd ever experienced that mind you but smart women don't pick certain kinds of guys) and someone who, if he lost his job, wouldn't be happy lying around the house (IE would look for a job) and would be able to find SOME job under almost any economic circumstances. I really don't understand the wife hating the computers routine. You'd think, like my wife, they'd understand that a computer hobby can be a great contribution to the stability of the family, the employability of the husband and the education of any children. (Not to say, mind you, that my wife isn't gainfully employed. She's had the same job for 13 years, is a supervisor and has complete seniority. She enjoys working and we couldn't get by without her income but she knows, if the chips were down and she lost her job, I could get a job [if forced to do so because I like my current job even if it isn't the highest pay in the world] that would earn enough for both of us to live on. On the other hand, there's nothing I'd love more than cleaning out some hams basement of old computers and having the wife standing at the top of the stairs saying, "Honey, why don't you give him that old Altair that's been collecting dust for 20 years. If you do, I'll make that special pot roast for you." etc etc. =-D Hasn't happened yet but it was how I laid my hands on gobs of Xerox 820 parts and the crusty Northstar chassis. The husband hates it of course but it makes me wish more wives were involved in their husbands' businesses. "Honey, why don't you clean out that back room and give this young man all those old computers for free so you can have a new office with a pool table?" ;-D Anthony Clifton - Wirehead