> To get myself accustomed to mcu programming I am trying to set up a
> stoplight style program.
> I am using the onboard USART and can get chars transmitted and received
> in hyperterminal. But I can't
> get the LEDs I attached to PortB bits 0, 1, and 2 to light up.

If you want to start with a working example and go from there, check out
my HOS project at http://www.embedinc.com/pic/hos.htm.  It is already set
up to control a single LED from Hyperterm.

> Does the use of PortB as the serial comm port somehow make the other
> bits on that port unusable?

Definitely not.


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