At 07:02 PM 8/27/96 -0400, you wrote: >Folks, > >I'm running a little tight on PIC I/O pins, namely I have three lines >available. I would like to tie a Dallas DS1302 RTC and Philips 8570 serial >RAM onto these three lines. > -----------snip------------------------ > >Thanks, >craig Why not use the Phillips PCF8583? RTC with 256 bytes of SRAM in one package. carl ---------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Carl Ott N2RVQ | talk/chat carlott@204.74.7.186 carlott@interport.net | http://www.interport.net/~carlott/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- "A day job...in an office? My worst nightmare!"-Ticknophobia