Hi I wrote a small app to output text to the pc serial port. I am using all the available pins on the little chip so i cannot use ext osc. I have build a max232 circuit for the pic 2 PC comms. BUT i get garbage from the chip. It 'looks" like it is outputting but it is not legible. I tried all baudrates (slower - slowest). I have noticed that if i connect pic tx direct to usb(serial) rx i get the same mumbo jumbo as thru the max232. Do not have PC with serial port. Any Ideas? i used the serout and seroutinv functions. I remembered to save the oscal value and wrote that in manually after i loaded the .hex file in winpic 800.