Glad to hear it. About 6 months ago, I bought an FPU chip when they were going on eBay for what I now realise was probably a bit much. However, I dropped one in my LC III and was pleased to have essentially upgraded to a full 040. That said, I don't know if the speed effect is a bit of a placebo, because unless I'm attempting to render complex images or something of that nature, I'm not sure that there's any real ACTUAL difference to having the FPU in most cases. Is it called into play within the GUI at all? Games?

Anyway, I'm glad you made use of it, but I'm sorry to hear that a IIci met its end. That's probably one of my favourite machines - it's visually one of the most good-looking Macs.