I have done this with two 16F84's (based on input from this very list) and
it worked great.

Bill Ruehl

"Paul B. Webster VK2BZC" wrote:

> Vincent Deno wrote:
>
> > We used a resonator with built-in caps to reduce costs to drive the
> > first pic, and the osc outfrom pic #1 to osc in on pic #2.
>
>   The caps in the resonator are presumably relatively large so this
> shouldn't matter.  If using a crystal, you should reduce the OSC2 cap on
> the first device by the quoted input capacitance of the second PIC.
> --
>   Cheers,
>         Paul B.