> And Joe reminded me that you should have a bypass cap > hooked up to the PIC. I hadn't done this. It's surprising what doesn't work properly if you don't have any bypass caps. Well, maybe not surprising in hindsight Sometimes it's the PIC, sometimes it's other things. I've even had troubles with LCDs until adding a 100uF and 100nF to their Vcc Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .