Hmmmm...curiouser & curiouser.

The desktop (XP pro) has the same version of MPASM, installed in 2013.
PBP3 was installed 2 weeks ago.

The programmer does what I want on the PC.

The laptop Win7/64 has the same MPASM also installed in 2013
PBP3 was installed 2 weeks ago.

PBP 2.60 works the way I want, on both machines.

To my simple way of thinking, the only difference is the WIN versions. XPpro vs Win7/64

Oh dear!