> Jinx, when you say reset, do you mean ---, well, what do you
> mean?  What reset key?

Resetting the PIC. On power up the LCD, a standard 16x2, was
dark (but showing data sent to it so was working) then the PIC
was reset by a PB on MCLR. After that reset the LCD display
was the proper contrast

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