Hi Les,

I can certainly understand your frustration, it's probably something
they've heard many times. The manual is not a guide to C or to the PIC. It
is a manual for HiTech C for the pic, and it's pretty dry and aimed at
someone who already knows C and already knows PICs.

It is a very professional product, so you should not give up. The code it
generates is superior to the cheaper alternative. Far superior.

I don't think they should change the manual, but it'd be great if they
made a second manual, like "HiTech PIC C for Dummies" that used examples
for beginners to get started. hint hint :-)

There are examples for doing exactly what you want, they should have
installed when you set up the compiler. Bit-banging serial output is
there, and Clyde already pointed you how to alert printf where you want
the data to go.

I'd tell you, except I avoid printf because of the amount of codespace it
uses.

Friendly regards,
Bob