thanks ruijc,

i guess what i should have asked first was, how to access the i/o pins on the 12f629 and how to identify them as inputs or outputs.
can i assume that the 6 i/o ports will be gpio.0 thru gpio.5?
are there any pull up resistors needed for the inputs?
are there any picbasic cammands that may not be used in this pic?

thanks,
mike