> Is it safe to leave a TTL input floating. It is my understanding that > they will pull high. Will generally work OK floating BUT is bad practice and to be avoided. Will sometimes catch you out and/or degrade performance if left floating. AFAIR (a long time ago since I used 'real" TTL) ) they can be hard connected to Vcc. Be ware that this is for TRUE TTL - TTL compatible CMOS inputs may follow quite different rules and should always be explicitly terminated. RM -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics