> I am also currently unable to get the 16F628 PORTA, h'05' but to come up in > OUTPUT and make it go up and down (from a timer routine). I have been able > to ignore this for some time but I would like to see if anyone else can do > it and how it was done. Larry, I'm an 18 year old new timer here. Just been into PICs for about 2 years. AFAIK, PORTA,h'05' OR PORTA:5 is also the MCLR of a PIC. Its input only. You can't make it an output. Try some other pin. Regards, Jeethu Rao -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body