> Going on further the coding of the interrupt routine seems > somewhat farinacious - it has goto's that branch to goto's that > call a routine, .... >From my brief stint as a stand-in food tech I know that farinaceous means "of the nature of a cereal or grain products" Are you confusing the style with "floury" rather than "flowery" ? ;-)) BTW, you can see holes in some of Microchip's code if you hold it up to the light. I've tried a few of their examples and templates and thought they were just naff. Some do have big hairy errors in them. Although the last one I used, TB028 (convert date to day name) works well enough If you understand what you want to accomplish it's often quicker to start from scratch and write it in your own style -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist