Hello,

   mlh> I'd suggest you try your unit with a more recent
      > version of NetBSD before you switch, as I suspect you
      > won't gain much.

It wasn't until you asked, and I checked, that I realised
that this machine is still running 1.6.1.  I suppose it's
been a while since I installed it.  None of the machines I'm
running 1.6.2 on have USB ports.  Soon fix that though
(thanks for the advice :-)

- Andy Ball.