>From Alice: darn brain browns out whenever i try to put any load on it. more coffee.... >From Dan: My favorite quote along these lines was from Anne a week or two ago. It went along the lines of: "I find it much more efficient to embarass myself in front of a world wide audience than when at home, work or commute." I really had a good chuckle - mainly because I had been there a few times myself. Dan > > and go to step 3. > > Um... Um... Uh... > > I usually pull ~MClr UP to Vss/Vcc (+5V), through a 10k resistor (for > example), if it's at Ground the PIC's being held in reset, don't expect > the PIC to run... > >