EBoggs@AOL.COM wrote : > thanks for replying - the pic is a 16f873, I had my code > working all in page 0 and then it grew to a beastly size and > I needed page 1. I put all the PC comm stuff in page 1 and > now she locks up after printing a few garbled characters. I > really haven't tshot it yet. Took a look at the PIC book and > it was not explicit on paging methods. I have always tried to > fit my code in page 0. Now I am migrating to a 16f876 and > need to get my paging facts strait. I always thought they > should have a compiler that takes care of this for you other > than annoying error messages. > thanks in advance ed boggs OK, I see. Just a minor note... Since you are "migrating" your app anyway, you never thought of going to something like a 18F252 or 18F2220. Most of your current problems just doesn't exist on those PICs (well more or less...). Jan-Erik. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads