12f629 serout,debug and serout2 timings

Hi all

I am trying to use serin/out2 working sending a little text to the PC serial port.
I am using the MCS serial tool for viewing the data.
I am using a 12F629 (only because of its small footprint) , the PIC is set to use the internal oscillator running at 4MHz.
I am using a MAX232N (which works perfectly if I am using other PIC's for example the 18f4520 and the 16F887 ! with their internal oscillators set for use!)

I have not tried an external oscillator yet since I was hoping to avoid it.

I have tried various modes for serout serout2 and debug and all I ever see is variations of garbage in the serial tool screen on the PC :-(
I have scanned through the forums where others have had similar problems but unfortunately I have not arrived at a solution yet.

Has anyone had success with the 12F629's and serout,serout2 and debug?

I would really appreciate a few more suggestions as I may have missed something vital like a modifier or BAUD or MODE setting ?

Perhaps I should just use another PIC model ?

Please see my code below (it's very simple, just flashes an LED and sends some text to screen). The commented lines, they were just to test with.

Kind regards
Dennis

Code:

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define OSC 4 '4MHz
        'DEFINE OSCCAL_1K 1          ' Set OSCCAL for 1k
        CMCON = 7
        'TRISIO = %76543210          ' port5 is an output
        TRISIO = %00000000          ' port5 is an output
    'debug defines
        '    DEFINE DEBUG_REG GPIO
        '    DEFINE DEBUG_BIT                                'GPIO.2
        '    DEFINE DEBUG_MODE 0                                'Inverted
        '    DEFINE DEBUG_BAUD 9600
    'debug defines end here
     
 'variables begin here
        Led1        var gpio.5
        'end of variables
       
        GPIO = 0                    ' clear all outputs
       
       
        'includes begin here
        INCLUDE "modedefs.bas"
        'end of includes 
         
main:

   
            high led1
            pause 1000
            serout GPIO.2,T1200,["the key pressed or received value is ",10,13]
            'serout2 GPIO.2,T2400,["the key pressed or received value is ",10,13]
           
            'Debug "hello world",10,13
            low led1
            pause 1000
    goto main

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