PIC EEPROM writes take about 10msec. 19.2kbaud char time is 520uSec.
The only reason you got to 4 characters is the buffering in the USART
registers. You have to buffer a block of data and then write or run your line
at 600 baud (16msec/char).

Peter Onion wrote:
>
> On 25-Feb-02 Peter Onion wrote:
> >
> > You havn't given us much to go on Mike....
> >
> > Is your code getting any characters from the USART ?
> > Have you got the correct number (zero) of parity bits ?
> > PIC USART does NOT do parity by itself,  you need to enable the ninth data
> > bit
> > and work out the parity for yourself.
> >
> > Maybe you could post the USART code you are using .
> >
> > Peter
>
> I would go with the other ideas about EEPROM writes being slow....
>
> Peter

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