thanks Bruce. i didnt know that i was doing that wrong, although i realized i have another problem too.. i have been trying to change the baud rate on the screen, however i cant seem to do it, so it should still work at 19200 baud as long as i use the correct number from the book (19200, Driven, Inverted, Even*, 24608) right??? so i would put "baud con 24608"... so my other problem is, how do i change the internal osc of the 16f628? and if i change it, do i need to change the baud #???

thanks
dan