"Not previously defined" error was caused by having PortA instead of PORTA. It's 4AM and I think MPASM is the cause of some strange chip behavior. Only when I uncheck MPASM do I get back to a working 16F877 chip. I patched pic basic Pro to 2.40 but any attempts to go higher are met with "unknown version" errors. I'll hit it again tommorrooowww....

"Homer sleep now".