Fossil problems are normally associated with wierd stuff in the bios, and not 
so much processor speed. I've seen machines where x00 refused to work when 
loaded high, and others where it worked dandy fine. I've even seen laptops 
that neither x00 or bnu could run on (wierd problems with carrier detect). 
Running the old "opuscomm" solved all those problems, as I think it's trying 
to do things simpler and easier.
Don't listen to people that swear that "fossil xxxx version x.xx runs great 
here, so you must be doing something wrong!", as it is very machine 
pendant.
Cheers,
Mel
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