Thanks Martin and Wouter,
you both answered my question :)
I guess I should have been clearer in asking it.  I wanted to communicate
with my PC serial port, and I was a little confused on what the usart
actually did.  I have used bit banged RS232 with the F84 with a MAX232
and without. So, I probably will use one with the F628, to get true RS232
levels.

Thanks again,
             Kevin

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>> Hi,
>>  am I right to assume the PIC16F628 does not need a MAX232 chip, since
>> it is a hardware usart (RB1(RX)/RB2(TX) ?  I checked the data sheet and
>searched
>> the archives, but no luck.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>                   Kevin
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