>> Is there even one mid-range device that dosen't support the TRIS
>> instruction on ports A,B and C?
> Officially many of them don't, including the 16F872.

Same for 873,4,6,7 (TRIS is not mentioned in the instruction set).
But it does still work in all chips I use....

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