as it seems i have to go beyond pbp to get certain programs to work

damm fuses again

i am trying something very simple to start the training

chip 16f627a
assembler mpasm

trying to set chip for external osc because most people say this is required to run serial communications

tried the following statements
@ device xt_osc

@device pic16f627a,xt_osc

@_config_xt_osc

_config_xt_osc

all commands generate error messages in a simple 4 line program which assembles fine without the commands

wish pbp would include these setups as part of the compileing