> Can't see that (latch) being the reason, but tried anyway and it
> still does not work

I thought it might. Not so long ago I mistakenly used PORT
instead of LAT and spent some time trying to figure out why
'my stupid PIC doesn't work'. For the life of me I can't remember
the piece of code or I'd show you. I do recall it wasn't that
different from your problem

IMHO it's still good practise to use LAT for out and PORT for in

Are the PORTA pins floating ?

Joe
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