I know that the following doesn't really belong on pen-l, but it's summer and the postings are few. I have had very good luck with my Palm III handheld computer. Among other things, it's extremely simple. The system is much more like DOS or simple UNIX and therefore doesn't have all the overhead that Windows has. Better, the operating system doesn't melt down regularly, the way Windows does. My Palm III broke -- but they sent me a new one two days after I sent my complaint via e-mail. (I now have to send back the old one.) I hope Bill Gates never gets ahold of these people! Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/JDevine/jdevine.html