Excellent comments in your code.  I wish I'd read it 6 months ago!!!  I
missed a few things like three reads and a fake write, so I gave them a try
but didn't really expect them to work, since both processors will run my
serial echo code just fine.  I am getting signalling at the receiving RX pin,
but the receiver never sees RCIF.  It's just stuck this loop

WaitForChar
        btfss PIR1, RCIF
        goto WaitForChar

Thomas McGahee wrote:

> If you want to talk over only a short distance, then you can directly
> connect the two usarts by using a simple crossover connection:
>
> tx1 to rx2    tx2  to rx1
>
> The rs232 inverter stuff is to allow transmission of signals
> over longer distances.
>
> If you are having trouble receiving at all (or transmitting at all)
> see my tutorial/program available at:
>
> http://redrival.com/mcgahee
>
> Please read the whole thing and make sure that you have taken care of
> all the gotcha's mentioned.
>