Poking about looking for comms references, came across this multi-part tutorial on hardware http://www.viking.delmar.edu/Courses/CIS415L/Lesson1.htm Use the links to break out to expanded explanations and the pull-down + Go at the bottom of the page to move on to the next lesson _______________________________ Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! use mailto:listserv@mitvma.mit.edu?body=SET%20PICList%20DIGEST