before i decide to learn yet another language i have a few questions on the hardware, i hope that someone will find the time to help me, i have been given about 150 16F84's so after them living in my workshop for a while i have decided to see what they are all about, i have been looking at example circuits and was wondering if each chip in a circuit had to have its own 4mhz crystal oscilator or if more than one chip could be connected to it, i realise that there are other chips out there with built in oscilators but i have these chips and it seems a shame to waste them, also at what voltage do the respective inputs on the chips (eg: RA0) go high and is this the same to pull it low,