For bbarr Thank you for responding. I'm pretty new to PIC - I don't understand your reference to "absolute code". All I know is PBasic. Forget the bits - I was just playing around to see if I could reduce the variable count. I have restored my program to normal and now have 28 variable bytes. This includes one word plus a 3-byte array and a 6-byte array. The "word" variable and the arrays store but I get "unable to fit" for 11 variable bytes. Can you tell me precisely how to get these into storage? Thank you very much. Sorry to be such a pain. Sid - W4EKQ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads