Weirdness with 16F1705's eeprom and DAC

[richard]

theres more to than i first thought.
i tried the microchip example in mplabx , guess what both pins are exactly equal and produce the exact predicted output by the datasheet,
we are missing something

#CONFIG ; 16F1705    __config _CONFIG1, _FOSC_INTOSC & _WDTE_ON & _PWRTE_ON & _MCLRE_ON & _CP_OFF & _BOREN_ON & _CLKOUTEN_OFF
    __config _CONFIG2, _WRT_OFF & _PPS1WAY_OFF & _ZCDDIS_OFF & _PLLEN_OFF & _STVREN_ON & _BORV_LO & _LPBOR_OFF & _LVP_OFF	   
#ENDCONFIG


counts   var byte                    ' Loop counter. 






    DEFINE  OSC 4               ' Adjust to suit design.
    OSCCON  = $68         ' Internal 4MHz osc.




    ANSELA = 0
    ANSELC = 0       






' ####### RA2 Sits at 2.277V with RA0 selected and running correctly.
    DAC1CON0 = %10110000        ' Vref from FVRb2, DAC1out2 (RA2).  


   
  


    




First:  
    for counts= 0 to 250
    DAC1CON1 = counts
    pause 5            ' Let the DMM settle.
   next
    goto first              


    end

void main(void){
    // initialize the device
    SYSTEM_Initialize();


    // When using interrupts, you need to set the Global and Peripheral Interrupt Enable bits
    // Use the following macros to:


    // Enable the Global Interrupts
    //INTERRUPT_GlobalInterruptEnable();


    // Enable the Peripheral Interrupts
    //INTERRUPT_PeripheralInterruptEnable();


    // Disable the Global Interrupts
    //INTERRUPT_GlobalInterruptDisable();


    // Disable the Peripheral Interrupts
    //INTERRUPT_PeripheralInterruptDisable();
 uint8_t count=0;


    
    while (1)
    {
                for(count=0; count<=250; count++)
        {
            DAC_SetOutput(count);
            __delay_ms(5);


        }
    }
}
/**
 End of File

void DAC_Initialize(void)
{
    // DAC1EN enabled; DAC1NSS VSS; DAC1PSS VDD; DAC1OE1 enabled; DAC1OE2 enabled; 
    DAC1CON0 = 0xB0;
    // DAC1R 51; 
    DAC1CON1 = 0x33;
}


void DAC_SetOutput(uint8_t inputData)
{
    DAC1CON1  = inputData;
}


uint8_t DAC_GetOutput(void)
{
    return DAC1CON1;
}


// CONFIG1
#pragma config FOSC = INTOSC    // Oscillator Selection Bits->INTOSC oscillator: I/O function on CLKIN pin
#pragma config WDTE = OFF    // Watchdog Timer Enable->WDT disabled
#pragma config PWRTE = OFF    // Power-up Timer Enable->PWRT disabled
#pragma config MCLRE = ON    // MCLR Pin Function Select->MCLR/VPP pin function is MCLR
#pragma config CP = OFF    // Flash Program Memory Code Protection->Program memory code protection is disabled
#pragma config BOREN = ON    // Brown-out Reset Enable->Brown-out Reset enabled
#pragma config CLKOUTEN = OFF    // Clock Out Enable->CLKOUT function is disabled. I/O or oscillator function on the CLKOUT pin
#pragma config IESO = ON    // Internal/External Switchover Mode->Internal/External Switchover Mode is enabled
#pragma config FCMEN = ON    // Fail-Safe Clock Monitor Enable->Fail-Safe Clock Monitor is enabled


// CONFIG2
#pragma config WRT = OFF    // Flash Memory Self-Write Protection->Write protection off
#pragma config PPS1WAY = ON    // Peripheral Pin Select one-way control->The PPSLOCK bit cannot be cleared once it is set by software
#pragma config ZCDDIS = ON    // Zero-cross detect disable->Zero-cross detect circuit is disabled at POR  the culprit
#pragma config PLLEN = OFF    // Phase Lock Loop enable->4x PLL is enabled when software sets the SPLLEN bit
#pragma config STVREN = ON    // Stack Overflow/Underflow Reset Enable->Stack Overflow or Underflow will cause a Reset
#pragma config BORV = LO    // Brown-out Reset Voltage Selection->Brown-out Reset Voltage (Vbor), low trip point selected.
#pragma config LPBOR = OFF    // Low-Power Brown Out Reset->Low-Power BOR is disabled
#pragma config LVP = ON    // Low-Voltage Programming Enable->Low-voltage programming enabled




void PIN_MANAGER_Initialize(void)
{
    /**
    LATx registers
    */
    LATA = 0x00;
    LATC = 0x00;


    /**
    TRISx registers
    */
    TRISA = 0x37;
    TRISC = 0x3F;


    /**
    ANSELx registers
    */
    ANSELC = 0x3F;
    ANSELA = 0;//0x17;


    /**
    WPUx registers
    */
    WPUA = 0x00;
    WPUC = 0x00;
    OPTION_REGbits.nWPUEN = 1;


    /**
    ODx registers
    */
    ODCONA = 0x00;
    ODCONC = 0x00;


    /**
    SLRCONx registers
    */
    SLRCONA = 0x37;
    SLRCONC = 0x3F;


    /**
    INLVLx registers
    */
    INLVLA = 0x3F;
    INLVLC = 0x3F;










   
    
}
  
void SYSTEM_Initialize(void)
{


    PIN_MANAGER_Initialize();
    OSCILLATOR_Initialize();
    WDT_Initialize();
    DAC_Initialize();
}


void OSCILLATOR_Initialize(void)
{
    // SCS FOSC; SPLLEN disabled; IRCF 4MHz_HF; 
    OSCCON = 0x68;
    // SOSCR disabled; 
    OSCSTAT = 0x00;
    // TUN 0; 
    OSCTUNE = 0x00;
    // SBOREN disabled; BORFS disabled; 
    BORCON = 0x00;
}


void WDT_Initialize(void)
{
    // WDTPS 1:65536; SWDTEN OFF; 
    WDTCON = 0x16;
}