at 3:22 PM on 3/30/2004, Jinx (joecolquitt@CLEAR.NET.NZ) wrote: > I have no idea what baud rate you'll be able to get up to. Certainly no higher than your monitor's refresh rate. I'm set at 75Hz, so I'd get about 9 bytes/sec with a single flashing box. The Timex Datalink watches can get 1 or 2 bytes per refresh by using bit lines: http://datalink.fries.net/transfer.html Of course, this would require more sight than a single phototransistor. -- Gary Fixler Savage Entertainment, LLC -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body