Earlier I asked some questions as to IrDA implementation.  Several of
you gave me some pointers and thanks to Scott Dattalo, I was able to
find an implementation of it on the Scenix site. As promised, here is my
update as to how we can all handle IrDA capabilities.

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HISTORY:
Called and left a message with Microchip concerning IrDA.  Next day no
response so called again.  Finally got hold of someone and told them
what I needed and they told me they would get back to me later.  Still
waiting.

Called Scenix and left a message.  Got called back within an hour.  The
salesperson told me she would forward the 'request for info' to an
applications engineer.  Two hours later was called by Jud (the
applications engineer).  He helped me decide/confirm the best route to
go.

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CONCLUSION:
Their largest IC wasn't big enough for my application AND for IrDA.  At
the same time, putting the IrDA stack onto a PIC chip may be a bit
overwhelming of a challenge.  Therefore my current plans are to use the
Scenix SX28 for the IrDA stack and then use a simple SPI interface
between that and my PIC16C77.  If I went with the C77 for the whole
thing, would have had to use an external IC anyway for the IR wave
shaping.  The Scenix chip can do all the wave shaping within software
AND does the IrDA stack at the same time.

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SUMMERY:
I hear alot of people on hear talking bad about Microchip and say they
are going over to Scenix (greater speed, built in emulator, etc.).  I
also hear the devout PIC users that say that Scenix is too limited in
what they offer (program space, A/D, different types of families, etc.)
and stay with the PIC's.  I think this is an great example of the need
to be flexible and diverse.  I for one will use BOTH!!!