> Good thought, just tie RW low, and that gives me an extra pin.
> Easily done. I don't see any reason to read the LCD

Two things (and others), that you probably know, are to use the
CG RAM as off-board storage space for the PIC, and testing
the Busy flag, which is helpful in time-sensitive applications

The LCD pull-up current is weak, equivalent to about a 40k ohm
resistor. Surely the PICKIT2 can overcome that ?

If not, isolate RB6 and 7 with a DPDT switch during development

Joe

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