Hi, Should I eventually get a desktop again, (and house to put it in, more's the point :) Then I have two flashpoint LT symbios SCSI cards (supported by every OS I own :), and enough disk, (including 2 18Gb cheetah's :) to build a fair sized RAID(5) array. Not to mention enough UNIX hardware to run a medium sized ISP, and if I could render on it, I'd be "as happy as a pig in stink" :) alas it is not to be.... :( Though having said that, I've not tried Poser on FX32! (a runtime, x86 emulator/optimiser for Dec Alpha's running NT :) But given the fact that NT support for Alpha's was never that good, and they're now on thier second home, (pending HP's buyout of Compaq) I don't fancy my chances much :) Right, back to work, (bah humbug! :) later jb