I've been taking a closer look at pin states on powerup, and am having a
hard time understanding the limitations of this scheme.  It appears that
setting the port reg before changing the direction to an output doesn't
help; that the state of the pin is read (as an input) during the TRIS
operation, potentially overwriting the port settings.

Q: Is it impossible to _absolutely_ insure a known output state on
powerup/reset without pullups?

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Bruce Cannon
Style Management Systems

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