I don't want to state the obvious but you can always do it the hard way
and set the page bit and load the TRISx register with whatever you want...

Wesley

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Paul B. Webster VK2BZC wrote:

> Dave Johnson wrote:
>
> > I thought the "tris" instructions were being phased out, I remember
> > reading a recommendation not to use them, anyone know the scoop on
> > this?
>
>   I thought *someone* would bite.  It's an old furphy, and goes with the
> "truth" story.  In short:
>
>  * the TRIS instruction will *never* cease to function on any version of
> any device which currently supports it.  Just imagine most of your user
> base getting mad all at once?
>
>  * the TRIS instruction is present in *all* 12C and 16C devices, and get
> this: *including all the new ones*!
>
>   I have no experience with the 17C and 18C series, so can't say for
> these.  Anyone comment, or know of an exception to the above?
>
>   It's an extremely vital instruction which the designers would be dead
> foolish to omit on any device, let alone the 12C5xx/ 16C5xx series(!).
> The 18C/F devices I gather have no memory banking, so on them it becomes
> a macro.
>
>   The term "phased out" in this context means "When we invent a non-
> banked memory device, it won't require this instruction".  I believe the
> traditional term is "doublethink".
> --
>   Cheers,
>         Paul B.
>