"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Out of curiosity, how is the mac handling RS232 devices? Does it recognise
the various RS232 to USB adaptors? (which IME have difficulties working
correctly on XP in many cases - I had to buy three to find one that let me
use my old Wacom tablet)

I found the cheap £6 one from ebuyer worked very well on XP.
I haven't tried it on this Vista machine yet.