@Dave 32 -- Re: As a consumer - 2 key issues ...
[...] and for that hardware hacked model 40 that the Cambridge Scientific Center had, which was a one-off beast [...]
You mean the Model 44? Actually, that was a 5-off beast, with New Mexico Tech (where I matriculated) having 1, and Oberlin College having another. Cambridge Scientific makes three...I wonder who the other two poor sods were?
What I want to know, Dave, is...how do you know about this thingie?
Alien...because that's what those things were