> - Not sure which PIC you're using, but RA4 is generally an open collector

That's what I was thinking and then spotted the type in the Subject

a4 on the 684, and most late-model 16s, doesn't need a pull-up. I keep
forgetting and add one out of habit, much to my slight annoyance ;-)

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