> and this seems to be where the problems start. I either get pulses on all
 portB
>  pins (flat tops with narrow long V drops to Vdd) and nothing on portA or only
>  RA3 will give me any pulses out and RB is zero. At the moment it seems only
 to


Have you checked what your watchdog timer is doing?

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