Might as well add my abreviated resume as well... I'm currently a design engineer for a contract design and electronics manufacturer in Central Illinois (USA). We do a lot of 8-bit designs and some 16-bit products. Our main processor of choice is the Intel 8051 family but we also use some Motorola, Zilog, and of course PIC parts. In several former lives I've worked in educational television, the technical side of theatre, and done quite a bit of remote sensing and monitoring work in the nuclear power industry. Hobby interests include amatuer radio (N9PUZ, formerly WD9EDT), Radio Control Airplanes, and old Ford 8N tractors. Tim McDonough -- timmed@cencom.net