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Thanks everyone for your great advice on Windows 8, but in the end I chickened out and bought another used laptop the same as mine that died.
My laptop a Dell Latitude D630 the screen died, probably a broken ribbon cable near the hinges. On Gumtree a lady in the next suburb had one for sale for $150.00. So I bought hers and simply swapped the hard drive and I was up and running again.
My reasoning apart from the low price was the Dell has a proper DB9 RS232 port which means I didn't have to buy a USB converter, and I can stay with XP Pro which I know inside and out.
Thanks again
Bill
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