I've just tried this simple code on 5.1.4 simulator and it ends up crashing ( not responding ) the program ?
' fill eeprom with screen info
setfreq em16
hi2csetup i2cmaster,%10100000,i2cfast_16,i2cword
hi2cout 0,("A dummy screen")
hi2cin 0,(b1)
All is ok until the hi2cin command...