ithium is a non-profit webhost, but you'll have to contact them to see if they would like to host your site or not! :) go to www.ithium.net and follow the email link, or go through the forums. ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

:) ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

:) lol ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

if people can't ask questions on codeproject what is the point in having it? :rolleyes::confused: ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

Maplin is ok, but personally I prefer Rapid Electronics. They do all the sort of things like you said about - i bought an lcd screen for about £6 - alphanumeric 16x2 line. It's cool, though I havn't connected it up yet! :) go to www.rapidelectronics.co.uk, but their website isn't all updated yet - not all their products are there. also go to www.rapideducation.co.uk and look at their PDFs catalogues - there is one set of dead links but don't give up - it's accessable through another part of the website. you can also order a catalogue from them for about 3 or 4 £ - it may be refundable on your first order - I can't remember. You can do telephone, internet, fax or email ordering and although they say a few days delivery my experiance of them is next business day always. become a customer for free and they send you offers - I just got my updated catalogue for free! :p hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

cheers both for your helpful responses. i will soon be getting more into PIC development, and i have a PIC programmer coming soon, so i may be able to figure out UART if i need it. :) thanks for now, surgeproof. ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

thanks all. :) ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

does anybody have a link to a tutorial that is tried and tested and simple and accurate and etc. :P on how to use sockets in c#? what i need to do is to connect to a specific ip on a certain port, send info and recieve and process it, then send more depending on what's been sent etc. what type of connect is also best to use? thanks. ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

hi - is there a simple and good way to control the 9-pin serial port at the back of your computer? i would like to use it for some simple electronics commands and i need to be able to send a certain number of pules to it over a set time,- also how can you recieve? i found this link on google, is it right? and what is i don't want to send a message to want to pulse it? any ideas? :) cheers, surgeproof ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

then what *do* you use? ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

thankyou. looks quite cool... :) ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

thankyou all for your helpful comments! ;) :P will check out what you have said... ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

thankyou, will check out. ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

this isn't a question....but.... i've just ordered and am waiting for the Wrox Press Professional C# Third Edition to come out on the 16th:-D,- anybody else got or getting this or something like it? i've always quite liked books by wrox: normally clear, with good examples, ideas, and covering a wide range of stuff in depth. :cool: any suggestions for any future books on C# by any of you lot? any you've read and would recommend? i'm mainly interested in forms, gdi+, controls &etc. not so much in databases but all comments welcome... :rolleyes: ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

from the look of all this a lot! :P ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

thanks :) ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

i seem to remember someone telling me that there is a free site or tutorial that'll help you to do this, don't know where though... :| and btw, does anyone know how to match a screen's colors to the printers? i have a nice good quality printer but hard as i try the colors still come out differently... if you find anything, please tell. ;) ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

thanks. will try :) surgeproof ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

if the other suggestion doesn't work, it may be something like   or one of those sets. for the return, why not do a keypress event? surgeproof ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein

thanks for the link, it helps. would you have a link to teach me about functions/etc. and referencing? i can't seem to find anything useful, so if you do know of a good one please tell. thanks, surgeproof ------------------------------------------------------- ithium is the best. 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' --Albert Einstein 'The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.' --Albert Einstein