Rikard Bosnjakovic wrote:

> To be on the safe side, I checked the datasheet for the chip in
> question and turned off the comparator mode. But something must be
> wrong, because these two
> 
>         movlw   b'11111000'
>         movwf   TRISA
> 
> Yields "00111000" in TRISA. RP0 is set and RP1 is cleared before
> setting TRISA. Perhaps I should find a more decent beginner book than
> "The quintessial PIC microcontroller" that I'm using.

:-)

I have this in my 16F628:
	movlw	00000111b		; comparatori OFF
	movwf	CMCON

	clrf  TRISA							; TUTTE output (non uso MCLR, ma reset interno)


Just be sure BANKING is correct, maybe you can use BANKSEL macros if 
you're just starting out with PICs :)

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Ciao, Dario
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