I emailed him a few weeks ago to see if he was o.k.
Basically he is. He's just having an 'off' time as far as the forums go at the moment. He did say he would look in at some future date though. I believe he's still semi active on alt.lasers
Cheers
Jem
Quote: "There is a theory which states that if ever, for any reason, anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.”... Douglas Adams 1952 - 2001