G-HOOT!
I like that handle, sounds very celtic, anyway on to business . . .
I was curious, about the quantity of text strings you are attempting to store and recall, and how you intend to call them up, also curious what chip you chose to use. I made up a device which does essentialy this and I stored all my strings in codespace, using a 16f648A. In fact I still have not used eprom in a project yet. Still mastering the basics.
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