> ok - but I thought the EQU command allowed one to assign a constant > value to a verable rather than a verable to a memrey location. Neither. It assigns a constant to a symbol. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.