----- Begin Included Message ----- It would be interesting to know where all of you PIC-fans live, in what country, what town ... Why not make a document where all members of the PICLIST tell something about themselves, and then distribute the document to all who wants to know about all the others? Conny Andersson / Sweden y93conan@isy.liu.se ----- End Included Message ----- Ok, I'll do a little bit... I am Jack Coats, work for Amoco (an oil company), in Houston, TX USA I find the PIC interesting, but have no particular use for them other than wanting to learn. If anyone has a few ideas for some simi-useful gadgets to build using them, I'd like to know. I would like to build something to measure how much and for how long an appliance has been on by monitoring the AC current. But not being one with a good electrical background (I'm a computer jock by training and nature) I feel a bit hampered. ... JC