Andrew Warren wrote: > > I wrote: > and Tony Nixon replied: > > > Actually 0x0C for F84 ;-) > > You're correct, of course... But I DO have an excuse. > > I mean, I work for a company that makes 8051-based > microcontrollers; I can't be expected to know all these little > details about PICs. > > -Andy > Naturally not! It's a bit academic in any case 'cause it's still no go even with 0x0C. Triple checked the circuit - AOK. I dunno - maybe some things just aren't _meant_ to be done! I'll keep fiddling with it, just in case, and I'll leave the file at :- http://www.netstra.com.au/~elek/smartlcd/smart01.html Guess the next move will be to get rid of the KPD & interrupt and just duplicate the working 16C57's test message only and see if that works. - Ian -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.