Brain, Nope, I have not, I will check them out in the morning. sounds like what I am looking for. Thank you very much, Giles ----- Original Message ----- > Have you tried ELabs. They have a chip that is serial input and outputs to > a 4x20 using an Hitachi chip. > > > Brian Gracia > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > use mailto:listserv@mitvma.mit.edu?body=SET%20PICList%20DIGEST > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu