--=======213A527D======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3F5E2C98; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit At 11:45 09/11/2002, you wrote: >Is it possible that the >port itself is knackered? Is there any way I can test for this possibility? Plug in a serial mouse? Cheers Matthew --=======213A527D=======--