Ah.... I hadn't been playing along.  :)

So, what actual port pin is RS on ?
David...

On 23/10/2015 10:08 AM, Richard R. Pope wrote:
> David,
>       Let's try this again. I decided to use a 18f4550 instead of the
> 16f877a. Sorry about that. The PIC and LCD initialize but I can't get
> the LCD to accept and display any data such as a or b or hello there and
> so forth. I have been discussing the 4550 all along and you were under
> the impression that I was using a 877. My fault.
>


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