aha, I did not check the RAM. I think I put PC100 in it. I thought it automatically would work at PC66. I will pull out everything but the stock stick and try again. If it were bad RAM, though, wouldnt the whole system just refuse to boot?

I am not interested in speeding it up at all. I am just going to shove 9.2.2 on it, load it with the newton software, software for the stylewriter 2500, apple scanner software, and the quicktake stuff. I know, it only has 2 serial ports, but I have seen 4 port serial PCI cards for macs that will work.

I will report back as soon as I check out the RAM.

-digital