Calvin, You might like to look at www.shm.monash.edu.au/~r.kreymorg/pic/micro.html It shows a signed, 16-bit binary to ascii converter that I use a lot. It's not elegant and at 65 bytes, not short, but it works. Ron On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Calvin wrote: > Does anybody have an easy routine to convert a word of 8 or more bits to > ascii digits? > > TIA > > Calvin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Kreymborg Computer Systems Manager Monash University CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology Wellington Road Clayton, VIC 3168 Phone : 061-3-9905-9671 Australia Fax : 061-3-9905-9689 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~