Post by thread:[pic:] What MPLAB version for win95

> What was the last issue of MPLAB that would ? IIRC 5.7 MPLAB Archives (in chunks if you can't bear another big d/l) www.microchip.com/1010/pline/tools/picmicro/devenv/mplabi/mplab5x/ind ex.htm and http://www.microchip.com/1010/pline/tools/archive/mplabi/index.htm Check this out (1MB) http://www.microchip.com/download/tools/picmicro/devenv/v6xx/v620/51281c.pdf 6.x is not for Win95. You know that 6.x is a completely enhanced and much better environment ? Save that file you downloaded. If it was me I'd upgrade Win to make work easier -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Mike W wrote : > I've just downlosded the latest MPLAB and at 30mB its quite a > struggle on a dialup connection. Amen ! > However, I wasted my time as it > won't run on windows 95. As the readme file says (that you could have read before downloded the complete kit...) > What was the last issue of MPLAB that would ?. Possibly some V5-thing, *but* you will miss support for a lot (all) of the newer PICs, so you'd better think about the OS platform you are using ! The IDE is also better in V6 I think, but I know others that don't... Besides, not even Microsoft has been supporting Win95 for several years, I think. Jan-Erik. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

The V6.3 version is a lot faster and seems to be cleaner to use. It has some interface changes which take a bit of getting used to but overall it is a nice package. As for OSs - I have V 6.3 running quite nicely on Win-98, Win-98 2nd Edition, Win-ME and Win-2K. As you probably already know, you are unlikely to be able to install Win2K or Win-XP on your machine, and I would try to avoid Win-ME. Win-98 (2nd) is a fairly straight forward upgrade from Win-95 and a whole lot more robust and more reliable. That having been said, the problem is getting a copy, since Win-98 in all of it's forms is obsolete. There are suppliers out there who have old installable copies to sell - usually at a good price. If I run across the name of one of them I will post it here. Roy J. Gromlich Mike W wrote : {Quote hidden}> > > I've just downlosded the latest MPLAB and at 30mB its quite a > > struggle on a dialup connection. > > Amen ! > > > However, I wasted my time as it > > won't run on windows 95. > > As the readme file says (that you could have read > before downloded the complete kit...) > > > What was the last issue of MPLAB that would ?. > > Possibly some V5-thing, *but* you will miss support > for a lot (all) of the newer PICs, so you'd better > think about the OS platform you are using ! The IDE > is also better in V6 I think, but I know others > that don't... > > Besides, not even Microsoft has been supporting > Win95 for several years, I think. > > Jan-Erik. > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using PAdotNET WebMail. http://www.pa.net/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.