Well, good news/bad news. I finally solved my timing issue - I had to set OSCON in order for the clock to work properly. Turns out the PIC was running at about 4 Hz. (???)

Bad news is that after the LCD initializes I get no output. I tried the same program on a F628 and it worked fine. Back to the F88 and I get nothing. There must be something that's impeding the data flow to RB0-4, but I can't find anything.

Here's where I stand. Any suggestions?

Code:
Define LCD_DREG PORTB ' Port for LCD Data
Define LCD_DBIT 0 ' Use LOWER 4 bits of Port
Define LCD_RSREG PORTB ' Port for RegisterSelect (RS) bit
Define LCD_RSBIT 5 ' Port Pin for RS bit
Define LCD_EREG PORTB ' Port for Enable (E) bit
Define LCD_EBIT 6 ' Port Pin for E bit
Define LCB_BITS 4 ' Using 4-bit bus
Define LCD_LINES 2 ' Using 2 line Display
Define LCD_COMMANDUS 2000 ' Command Delay (uS)
Define LCD_DATAUS 50 ' Data Delay (uS)
define  osc 8
osccon = %11111100
option_reg = %11111000
intcon = %00000000
TRISB = 0
CMCON = 7 ' Turn Off Comparators
ADCON1 = 6 'Turn Off Analogue (ALL DIGITAL) Check your data sheet to make sure this is the right number

        Pause 2000       ' Wait for LCD to startup

Loop
    LCDOUT $FE,1,"Hello"  
    Pause 500
    LCDOUT $FE,1,"World"
    Pause 500
    Goto Loop