Myke Predko writes: << I've been trying a 20 MHz ECS Ceramic Resonator and it doesn't run >> Myke - I had _exactly_ the same experience - using 20MHz ECS resonators from Digikey, on a 16C74JW. Tried several different '74s, and series R. Tried XT and HS configs. Nothing worked. Xtal works fine, of course. Shel Michaels Massachusetts, USA