Post by thread:The 10 pm problem, now 11:30 odd....

> As it turns out, it looks like the crystal was dodgy. I applied an >external oscillator and the PIC happily started running. So I'll buy a >new crystal in the morning and 'touch wood it might even work... :-) :-) If your new crystal doesn't work, and your using a prototyping board, it may be that you have a problem with groundplanes. Once I had a problem with a 16C54 that only worked when the protoboard it was on was lifted an inch off my metal desktop.