Well, at one point I was working on exactly what you want. I got sidetracked, and it never got finished.

However, I think it's still a good starting point for you. But we may need to work out a couple details.

Check out this post...
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=22065

At the bottom of that post is a way to hookup the LCD to any Pins.
The virtual port program is in post #14

The original intention was to be able to tie it in with LCDOUT so that it would be transparent to the user. I did get it working at one point, but then messed it up trying to make it usable for everyone. Never did finish it

But as it is, it does drive an LCD on any pins. You just have to send the data to it manually.
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