Norm,
Thanks for the advice on the SPI setups...I'm back home from a long trip and will be sitting down to look at this in detail.

Jerry,
I am way past the point where I can say I'd be limited to that dollar amount... holy cow. I got an evaluation system for one of the ISD systems so I can play around with storage devices... and pics, caps, resistors.. the whole shebang... I am waaay above where I should be in the $$$$ department but if it works then it would be worth it for me. I am not one to try to save money when I am building something so...I end up spending way more than I should. I'll keep you guys posted on progress.

Thanks again!
Dave