Trouble sending SPI message from PIC16f876a to slave SPI device

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Hi,
I am having difficulty sendind a message from my 16F876a to SPI slave,

<PIC = Master> <SPI Device = Slave> I do not care what information Slave sends back,
I am using PIC Assembler.
I am using 8MHz XTAL
I initialize my PIC like this:see attachment

I am working off example from Microchip see attachment,
When i scope my CLK line of PIC I can not see it clocking the SPI at all.
So I believe i am missing something fundamental, or is PIC not able operate SPI at 8MHz atal, there is no indication of this in data sheet

 

[upand_at_them]

Setting ADCON1 does not turn off analog functions. You also need to set the appropriate bits of CMCON. See the datasheet for the value of bits CM2:CM0 of CMCON.

 

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after chacking data sheet i believe default value for CMCON is ok

 

[upand_at_them]

You shouldn't rely on default values. Set CMCON to off.