>2. It having something that is not available on most >tools. That is why I proposed a logic analyser How can you have a logic analyser on a PIC unless you use one of the 17 series chips which have the address lines brought out for external memory? I seem to have missed something here, as I cannot imagine you are intending to fit bond-out chips used for ICE devices. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.