At 10:45 AM 2/20/97 EST, you wrote:
>The problem comes in when I turn off the Power and _MCLR to the PIC (Ground
>is still connected) - the LED lights!  Is there anything that I can do to
>eliminate the current path?

Myke,

I don't have an answer, but a neat that _might_ be related.  Since the PIC
uses so little power, did you know you can actually operate it using the I/O
pins rather than the Vdd and Vss lines?  Try it sometime - it really works.

Andy
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