>Sure would be nice to have a built in USART to shift out the dots. That is >how my PIC18C manages to get 432 H x 240 V pixels on the screen, including >animated graphics. And how does that compare with the likely software only Scenix performance using software alone I wonder? RM -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.