stu, doing well old bean. mia is as good as gold. her musical tastes stretch to deacon blue and prince at the moment - they help her sleep! beck and the microphones will be introduced alongside solid foods. harry, sorry it's a 4160T. no usb ports. it's got a tv out, infra red, 1 serial, 1 parallel, 1 PS2, 2 of those laptop card ports (I forget the acronym). i'll check the messages more often next week - back at uni after the teaching placement...