Hi list It seems other people are at the same stage as myself - starting with VB. My request, could anybody help me with a simple ascii to hex conversion routine. My application, I am reading the serial port ok (i2c rtc to pic) but am unable to display the resultant yy mm dd day hh mm ss in a text box, just showing ascii characters. Thanks Steve ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information in this email may be privileged, confidential and is intended exclusively for the addressee. The views expressed may not be official policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete it from your system. You should not reproduce, distribute, store, retransmit, use or disclose its contents to anyone. Please note we reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communication through our internal and external networks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body