Hello all, Forgive the vague subject line and thank you for taking the time to read my question.I am about to start educating my self on PICs and I before I invest resources (time and money) I wanted to confirm that I want to do is possible. I need to drive step motors in real time but do not want to tie up a computer to do this full time. So I would like to program a pic to receive instructions via the parallel port from a computer and step the motors accordingly. I want to also be able to pass configuration information that will allow the fine tuning of the motor operation. Forgive the rather silly question ... just wanted to make sure that I have read things right so far. Thanks for your reply Spiros ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.