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Ron, One comment about parts count. As you are probably aware, CBM has it's own chip manufacturer..MOS to be exact. I would suspect that before CBM decided to integrate many chips into one thou….they'd like to make sure that there would be a payoff (profit) in doing that. That means working out design bugs fully, having experience in real-world usage (vs lab testing) and total sales of the product. I'm sure that at some time, the parts count will come down. I'd suspect that for now…CBM used off the shelf chips for the most part in an effort to lower startup costs. If the economies of volumn warrant it…I think you'll see custom chips future versions of the board. All that aside, having high parts count doesn't necessairly effect performance. Moving lots of separate parts into one chip may not speed things up at all…it'll only improve hardware reliability (less parts to break) and lower production costs. Yes, sometimes during the move from multiple parts to a single chip can speed things up due to design changes or improvements made during the move. Don