AFIK there isn't any reason why the chip is not running without
pulling low the RB6 and RB7...
Read this one too, maybe it helps:
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/80233b.pdf

Vasile


On 1/17/07, Paul Anderson <wackyvorlon@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a little bit of code I wrote to disable the Timer 1 oscillator
> on the 16F88:
>
> banksel T1CON                   ; Attempting to disable Timer 1 oscillator
> movlw b'00000100'
> movwf T1CON
>
> Does that code look like it'll work?  This actualy relates to my
> stability problems earlier.  I have found that pulling RB6 and RB7 low
> seemed to help the chip run.  Noting on the datasheet that these pins
> are both related to the Timer 1 module, I was wondering if disabling
> it might help this condition.  Or, are there better methods of
> handling this without adding external components?  I would very much
> like it if I could leave the unused pins unconnected(I'm breadboarding
> this, and would end up buried in resistors:P )
>
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