Perhaps the subject line should be changed to "Now that's what I call service"! :-) I had just sent the message about the MicroChip site being down for 13 hours when I went to test it before signing off for the day, and there it was back again. Strange. Don McKenzie don@dontronics.com http://www.dontronics.com Send a blank message to help@dontronics.com for more info. SLI, the serial LCD that auto detects baud rates from 100 to 125K bps. SimmStick(tm) A PIC proto PCB the size of a 30 pin Simm Memory Module.