CompuServe Messages

David, The LL is a Sony 535 drive (about average performance: 340ms access time) in an external case with its own power supply. The specs section in the manual says "120V, 50/60Hz, .2A", so, even if you get one that doesn't have a 240V supply, it should be happy with a small stepdown transformer. The CDs bundled with it are: Compton's Encyclopedia, MS Bookshelf, Languages of the World (a set of bilingual dictionaries), National Geographic Mammals, Mixed-up Mother Goose (sort of a graphic adventure game for kids, I gather: I haven't even fired it up), and the Toolworks US & World Atlases. I get the impression that the package may be put together in the U.S., so distributors in your area may not have it. The model # is CDU-7205. There are rumors that Sony is going to come out with an upgrade to make it work with the new MPC multimedia stuff, but I wouldn't count on it. I got it because it was a good deal for the "reference library" things I use it for. One other caveat: the software documentation that comes with it is lousy. They wrote their own versions of the manuals for the CDs, and didn't document their driver or the MSCDEX software at all. If the automated installation works for you (which it should, unless you have a complex system with lots of TSRs, etc.), fine. If not, they don't tell you how to fix it. Ran