>> If so, those electronics would have to allow the bi-directionality of
>> the lines

> They do. They don't connect simply across the pins either.

What I was imagining would be the case is the PIC and the PC
sharing the lines, similar to the way I2C or serial devices do, with
paralleled open-collectors

Joe

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