On Oct 24, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Michael Dipperstein wrote: > Does anyone know of a windows XP program that will read data from a web > page and output it to the serial port at a fixed interval? You should be able to use "lynx" (a text-only web browser) inside a suitable batch file controlled by "periodic tasks" or whatever. Lynx has some command-line switches that mean "fetch the web page and send it to stdout." BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist