>hmmmm....I tried that...but it didn't seem to work...maybe I'm doing something >wrong....but I don't think so. I'll just work with the time delays...but thanks! >Jonathan It would probably help those in the know if you said which way it "didn't work"...whether it showed busy when it wasn't, or ready when it wasn't. In my brief look at the docs I noticed that it looked like the bit would be reset automatically if interrupts were running. Barry -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads