Byron A Jeff wrote: >is that parallel interfaces take up so much I/O real estate. You're literally >talking about the entire PSP on a PIC for the interface! I'd almost rather >give up a body part than 11 I/O line > Please correct me if I'm wrong: if you perform ISCP (LVP) via a parallel port you need only 3 ports. And I think 2 can be used normally when the PIC is not in programming mode, so in fact it costs only 1 port. Regards, Rob -- Rob Hamerling, Vianen, NL phone +31-347-322822 homepage: http://www.robh.nl/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads