How long does it take for an 8 bit PIC to stabilize after Power-up?

[vintagecarguy]

I imagine the power up timer is to wait for the crystal frequency to be stable, and that you could disable it
if you had an external clock source continually running (not in your case).
You could use a reset circuit (a resistor and a capacitor) on the MCLR pin to make a shorter reset time.

Thanks for the suggestion. I had considered adding a supercap to the power supply but didn't think to add a capacitor to the MCLR pin to retain the charge and prevent a reset.

Craig