I had the misfortune of re-writing some code written for the 16F877 which communicated with a PC using RS-485. Unfortunately, the Windows programmer must have had more power than the PIC programmer, as most of the work was done on the PIC. What a mess. Anything that can be done on the PC, should be. Bob Ammerman wrote: > >If you have control of the software end of the PC <-> PIC link then why not >do the conversion on the PC... much easier. > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu