Hi David, i' ve been working with FTDI devices for a while. They have RS232<->USB and PARALLEL<->USB, along with some other things. Their chips are really great, you just have to put a driver on the PC side, and it works like a virtual COM port on the USB... Take a look at: www.ftdichip.com regards ********************************************************* Antonio Sergio Sena CT2GPW asena@bigfoot.com.NOSPAM BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering Heriot-Watt University - Edinburgh Homepage: www.qsl.net/ct2gpw ********************************************************* Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message, neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email, nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu