On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 08:22:26PM -0400, Jason White wrote:
> Another Question , why when I post do I get so much flak !  All I want are
> few pointers and I get yelled at for not reading the data sheet (that I read
> ...)

Since you asked...

Every post, especially the ones in the PIC thread goes out to 2000 pretty
smart people. People who are well aware that the answers to many of these
questions are either easy to find or common sense. As such some feel as if
you are wasting both time and bandwidth asking them and are politely (and
sometimes not so politely) telling you so. It would be exactly the same as
my going on a Python list you inhabit and ask how to create a list. The
answer is both obvious and easily found.

If you are really interested in understanding how to function effectively
in such environments, take a read of the piece "How to Ask Questions the
Smart Way." by Eric Raymond. You can find it here:

http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

I do hope that this helps you. There is a wealth of information available
here. But many of the list inhabitants help those who help themselves.

BTW another faux pas you made was take a PIC thread as you started, and
changing the topic to something not PIC related without changing the
subject to [OT]. I took the liberty of doing so in my reply.

BAJ

> 
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Mike Hagen <PicTricks@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 5/8/2010 2:01 AM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> > > On 2010-05-08 07:21, Jason White wrote:
> > >
> > >   >  Hello , recently I have been looking for better pics to
> > >   >  expand to. I found one, it looks great...
> > >   >  PIC : PIC18F452
> > >
> > > No, it doesn look great. It's an old device not recomended
> > > for anyone anymore. The product page at Microchip says
> > > "Please consider this device:  PIC18F4520". You should
> > > follow that advice, or use some even newer device.
> > >
> > >   >  but there's one problem: it has no internal oscillator...
> > >
> > > So just don't use it. Use a modern processor.
> > >
> > >   >  what would happen if I put a 200MHz oscillator in...
> > >
> > > Probably nothing at all.
> > >
> > I bought a little Smart Car, what happens if I put a Corvette Engine in
> > it? :-)
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