Quote Originally Posted by Melanie
Muggers, Tramps, Drunks, Graffiti and tiny painted born-again-pizza splats on the platforms? Also, how come nobody stops the trains to scale? They roar into the stations doing the equivellent of an emergecy stop at the platform hurtling their passengers into a mangled heap in the front of each carriage... Real-life trains aren't fitted with inertial dampers!... Oh, before I digress, the serial LCD suggestion is best.
LOL.

Sorry about the late reply, I had to go off for the weekend unexpectedly.

A serious reply to your humor... Many layouts have begun to show the grittier side of railroading - several manufacturers offer graffitti decals, etc. But by and large, most folks model what they'd like the world to be, rather than what it is.

One quick further question about using a PIC as a serial driver - can someone point me to some code that does that? I have a LAbX-4 board that does that with a PIC onboard, so I understand the theory. I assume the PIC receives the string via SERIN, then sends it out over four pins to the display?

I did a quick search of the melab site, but nothing pops out immediately.

Thanks again,

Mike Tennent