>I suspect the real reason for the 16F84's popularity >is that the donwloadable demo of the Hitech 'C' compiler >supports the 'F84 and nothing else! Seems to me that >if you want free C for the PIC, you have to use the 16F84? It also supports the 16F627/8, but is limited to the memory size of the F627. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu