thnx for replying mister e. sorry for the lack of information... wat i eamnt was a 2 wire lcd using a using a shift register 74ls174 wic uses a datapin and a clockpin... http://www.rentron.com/Myke1.htm i think predko did it. i've seen melanie showing a same example too but wondering if someone could show me is it possible to use shiftout with this circuit and sending a LCDOUT string.