Well - it appears that after several months off line we have a working & stable PC again, with properly working broadband - many thanks to reallyfrank & vondage. The Doombus went on to eBay, and sold within 3 hours - it's being picked up next week.

( The rest gets a bit long, cut to save your friends pages... )

That's about it - hopefully I'll see more of you sooner or later.