A huge amount of them ended up in the Millennium Dome. The shipment was split between two trucks, because if one truck was in an accident and wiped out all the units, the factory wouldn't be able to produce enough replacements in time. The thing that seems to be the struggle these days is getting a serial interface with the correct pinning etc. I remember keeping one XP laptop far beyond a reasonable retirement date, simply because it could talk to our remaining Soundwebs without issue. If you can get round the interface issues, then they're an absolute steal at £100. We found that the 9088ii had a significantly lower noise floor than its predecessor, so it might be the one to go for. Yeah, I had a specific laptop for the stuff of that generation (still do somewhere) I remember a company called Lundy I think, used to make a nice cable for the soundwebs. Soundwebs, 366’s XTA DP226 etc etc all on bloody serial. Jump 10+ years and we’re all on standard networking for pretty much everything life is so much easier.