Hello again!

        I now need to send serial data with 1 start, 8 data and 2 stop
bits.  I figure I'll set the transmitter for 9 data bits and set the msb
to a 1 to get the 2 stop bits.  But, I need to send a break that has the
same timing as two bytes (22 bit times).  I don't see a break feature in
the datasheet.  It seems that I SHOULD be able to tell the port that bit
is a normal port bit instead of the serial transmitter output, but it
looks like that's controlled by SPEN, which enables BOTH the transmitter
and receiver, and I want to keep the receiver going.
        Checking further, page 2-604 of the 95/96 PIC data book indicates
that clearing TXEN will reset the transmitter "the TX bit will revert to
high impedance."  I'm guessing that the pin is STILL not connected to the
output latch, but is just kinda floating.  True?  I COULD add a pull-down
resistor to pull the line down when I disable the transmitter, yielding a
break, but since the ideal design has zero parts, adding a resistor moves
us away from that ideal.
        Any other ideas?

Thanks!

Harold