I know this is an already discussed thread but could anyone give me a simple answer to this question. Is it possible to use a PIC to control a IDE harddisk? I got some 1.3 inch 40 meg harddisk and I want to use it. Octavio ====================================================== Octavio Nogueira - e-mail: nogueira@mandic.com.br http://www.geocities.com/~oct_nogueira "ProPic" Production PIC Programmer Windows under US$20 ======================================================