I need to ask also....

On the 16F628a, if I CMCON = 7 to turn the comparators off....
do set TRISA so the xtal pins are inputs?

On my rcrvr, I'm using A0 for SERIN and the xtal is on A6 and A7

so...

TRISA = %11000001 ?

I was also mixed up on the MCLR function.

The 16C65B I've used to date had to have a 4.7k to V+ or they won't function.

I had had MCLR configured as "reset" in the epic software....only to find out it needed to be an "input" for the chip to work.

(I still don't get that one).