>Hi Thomas, thanks for your responde.
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>I'm fine...new house, new dog, less work, but all is well.
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>I'm coming to the US in the fall, but for the first time ever, I'm not sure if I'll make it to the SF Bay Area...I'm thinking of going to the SW Fox conference and visiting friends.
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>Thanks for the links...i guess i was thinking of something simpler...just connected computers with the data on one dedicated system...do people still do this?
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I would recommend that you at least give it a try with a strong XP box for the "server". If it fails, see if you can get a copy of Windows 2k and install it on the XP box.

John