HP might be a good stock to short. A friend informs me that their whole focus (unless they dump Carly) is going to be on maneuvers like this. This is a far cry from the HP that I grew up with. You knew it would be expensive, but you knew that it would be rock solid, and that there was tons of solid engineering behind it. I'm so glad that Tek hasn't followed the same path. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu