Fixed it...

I'd failed to set TXSTA:TXEN bit to 1 before attempting to transmit 
characters.

The _usartpc.asm code simply resets SPBRG if TXEN=0. Why? Beats me!

Thanks especially to Dario G for help via the Microchip forum.

Matt

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