Excellent news Elwood,well done. Now to address your "cost" re a powered USB as compared to the RAM route. Here is a link to a site that is just fantastic re it's products and pricing. I have used them many times and have never found the same product cheaper anywhere else ( no financial interests in them only a customer). They include free shipping on ALL their products. Be prepared to wait as they are located in Hong Kong. I have found between 5-6 weeks by post. I just picked the 1st one that came up on a search on their web site probably others there as well.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.678truenorth
