Cheers guys, this forum is more active than I realised :P

Yeah, I'm doing my PhD in Computer Vision, not too much use for null modem cables in that field of research. I don't have a huge amount of experience in hardware, other than a few papers on microprocessors I took during my undergraduate degree.

I plan on having a look through the Hijack source, I've had a bit of experience with Linux, though i've usually tried to avoid any kernel development wherever possible - my experience is in that area is more or less limited to the Minix OS.

I figured the handles were probably pretty hard to find, I was just wondering if anyone had done any 3rd party replacements or anything. The guy I bought it off says that it did have a handle, so perhaps he just didn't include it, he said he'd have a look around.