Hi Glen, Don't get me started on WIn'95....I've had several months of headaches caused by THAT OS since I upgraded my PC. Quite, I'd be using Linux right now if I could get versions of the software I need to use for it. Didn't know we did....I love the machine. My favourite after the Atari 8-bits, great for hacking around on and devoid of the major design compromises that made hacking my old ZX-81 such a pain in the butt (I wouldn't care if I never saw another Sinclair machine as long as I live). <Minis> Minis come in all shapes and sizes, I'm concentrating on minis and workstations myself now (getting rid of just about all of my micros save for the Ataris, a BBC Master, a CBM P-500, a CBM 8296-D and an HP-150). You can get nice compact systems if you look around, especially when it comes to PDP-11s and (Micro)VAXen. In fact I picked up an IBM mini last week, though it's probably too new to be on topic in here, an AS/400 model 9404 which is not too much bigger than a pair of PCs in full tower cases.... TTFN - Pete. -- Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer. Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC) peter.pachla(a)virgin.net | peter.pachla(a)vectrex.freeserve.co.uk | peter.pachla(a)wintermute.free-online.co.uk | www.wintermute.free-online.co.uk --