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Malcolm, I can see your complaints about Byte but I still find it to be acceptable (but then I'm not highly technical). However, I agree with you, most Mags are just glorified press releases to justify the advertising. You can't really ask them to be critical because they would be biting the hand that feeds them. BTW, do you know about a special publication which is sort of like consumers reports for computers? They accept no advertising and as such the annual subscription is a couple $100. Apparently, as the novelty of computers wears off there are less people enrolling in Computer Science courses in universities. If that is so then it could explain the decline of tech info in two ways: fewer people who understand the technology & can write about it, and a smaller market of people who want to know about such stuff. My guess, re: the mag you spoke of, is that by doing human interest stories they will save money because they won't have to get high priced consultants with high priced equipment. Also, the turn around would be faster because details aren't as important. Andrew PS, Do you know what NetBEUI is?