wow, thank you. you sure beat me at finding nice ebay auctions. ) sadly, most of them only ship to the us, but i'll arrange something.

i'll go along with your suggestion, too, i'm not getting rid of the duo. it's been with me for 10 years now, after all. however, i'll post a new thread about the ideas i have for replacing the hdd with something more silent and effective.. the old 500 meg ibm drive is throwing bad sectors at me like crazy.