hi & thanks for your time
problem

with my prog.
testing using an f84 , but is eventually going to be used in a 12c508

i have a delay & want to toggle 2 o/ps together.
they need to turn on & off together to supply enough current for a solid
state switch.
i don't want one of the pins to blow.
one pin will not supply enough current on its own.
i don't want to risk it. AT ALL !!

******** PORTB,3 is used for zero crossing ************

originally i had

;       ==============toggle outputs =============
tog        bsf     PORTB,4     ;set PORTB bit 4 high
           bsf     PORTB,5     ;set PORTB bit 5 high
           MOVLW   0x04
           MOVWF   togh
delh       DECFSZ  togh
           GOTO    delh

           bcf     PORTB,4     ;set PORTB bit 4 low       }
           bcf     PORTB,5     ;set PORTB bit 5 low      }
           MOVLW   0x02
           MOVWF   togl
dell       DECFSZ  togl
           GOTO    dell

           BTFSC   PORTB,3     ;skip next if 0 , checks for 0 ac cycle
           GOTO    tog
           RETURN

************
when i change the bsf code to
           MOVLW b'00110000'
           MOVWF PORTB
it still works
**************
when i change the bcf code to
            MOVLW b'00000000'
            MOVWF PORTB
it still works
*****************

i wanted to just use 2 registers
" on " to replace the bsf's
" off " to replace the bcf's
but this won't work !!
=======vars=====
on    equ    b'00110000'    ;set portb 4 & 5 to 1
off   equ    b'00000000'    ;set portb 4 & 5 to 0
====prog====
tog        MOVF    on,PORTB ( to replace bsf's)
           MOVLW   0x04
           MOVWF   togh
delh       DECFSZ  togh
           GOTO    delh

           MOVF    off,PORTB (to replace bcf's)
           MOVLW   0x02
           MOVWF   togl
dell       DECFSZ  togl
           GOTO    dell

           BTFSC   PORTB,3     ;skip next if 0 , checks for 0 ac cycle
           GOTO    tog
           RETURN

there's no o/p's at all !

i also wanted to use 2 registers for the literals too
togh    equ    0x04
togl    equ    0x02

thanks for your advice
glen