i2C with PIC16F87, need help

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The problem I am having is during compilation which halt on the instruction:
SSPCON2 = 0
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I have used I2C a lot, mainly on 16F628, 16F877, MCP23016 and external eeproms, and don't recall having to bother with that instruction.

Here are I2C-related instructions from one of my 16F628 programs. It reads from an MCP23016 I/O Expander, but the concept remains the same for all reads.

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DEFINE  OSC 16
 
DEFINE  I2C_SLOW    1               ' Access I2C device above 8MHz
DEFINE  I2C_HOLD    1               ' Permit I2C device to hold clock line low
 
pinSCL      VAR PortA.2
pinSDA      VAR PortA.3
 
varAddressI2C   VAR BYTE
varCommandI2C   VAR BYTE
varButtonsLeft  VAR WORD      ' MCP23016 chips have 16 I/O pins
 
conInLeftAddr       CON %01000010      ' MCP23016 at hardware address "010"
conGenPurpRegI2C    CON $00
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Main:
    varAddressI2C = conInLeftAddr
    varCommandI2C = conGenPurpRegI2C 
    I2CREAD pinSDA,pinSCL,varAddressI2C,varCommandI2C,[varButtonsLeft]
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Hope there's something in there that will help you get going.

EDIT: One last thing, I have 4K7 1/4W pull-up resistors on SCL and SDA.