Thank you, kind lady, that is a generous offer of which I shall avail myself only as a last resort; I have some second-hand offers, so shall try plugging them in and seeing what screws up. If I have to go to the baroque lengths of importing the damned things from the UK, I may just as well buy a new motherboard. I should also do some more phoning, which hasn't been happening today as the student crises are particularly baroque and improbable.

and yay! on the visit. Must Do Lunch. Or supper. Or gin.