On Jun 14, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote: > But you shouldn't be using absolute mode anyway. I would think that absolute mode would have value in teaching and understanding a microcontroller and assembler. "limited resources that you must manage yourself in explicit detail." Have the linker do all the work? You might as well have a "Data Division"... BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist