Darrel: Thank you, I will implement your suggestions this evening and post my results.
also brings up another question about interrupts, just to clarify since the pic I am using
has >2k codespace, PBP does the context saving? so only on pic's with <2k I need to
worry about saving the context? do I need to restore it still as well?

skimask: Thanks. after numerous searches it's frustrating to run into a question like
"how does this work.. I need code... blaa bla bla.." searching combined with
some experimentation can get you thru most hurdles. some people just don't try
me thinks.