I highly doubt it - I've never come across a single RS232 port that doesn't work fine with 5V levels (many thousand products in the field). Has anyone ...? I have been playing with my BasicX for 2 years now. Connected directly to my PC serial port, I must have programmed it 500 times, and used its serial port for 20 hours, and never had a single glitch that I can remember. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads