> Why, without starting a flame war, do I fail to get few or no answers to my > question? And you think you have problems grasshopper. I can't even get a decent flame war started anymore when I try:-). (Mutterings about the stupidity of using protection diodes during program operation were manfully (amd ppossibly womanfully as well) ignored by all.) > I am new to PIC's and micro although I have been reading your list > (and others which are related) for about 4 years. Responses vary immensely. Depends on who is reading what at the time and whether they feel they can add anything useful. I just looked at your prior posts and see that all are the sort I leave to the real PIC experts. Ask questions about electronics in general and you'll have Peter, Roman, Jinx, Vasile and more (even me) making your life miserable and/or interesting. The fact that a subject like RF powering gets more mileage is just happenstance - no coment on the quality of your questions, none of which seemed especially stupid :-). Just keep on asking. Sometimes you'll be buried in answers. And if you find a decent way to reliably start a flame war please let me know. It's much too quiet here at the moment :-) Russell McMahon -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads