SEROUT2 396 worked

>>But maybe that is why MELABS has SEROUT so it works with Stamp stuff??

they are similar to the BS2 commands according to the PBP docs:

http://www.melabs.com/resources/pbpmanual/5_61-5_64.htm

i think, in my case, not getting the OSC & OSCCON defined correctly was throwing my troubleshooting off, and thus, at times, incorrectly thinking SEROUT2 was not working.