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Does anyone know if Microchip plans to port their assembler and downloader to windows? I want to run winNT, but can't because I would be missing these tools (I think). Is there anyone running winNT and using the DOS assembler and downloader? What is the e-mail address of their technical support? Stuart Allman spam_OUTstudioTakeThisOuThalcyon.com

>Does anyone know if Microchip plans to port their assembler and downloader >to windows? >I want to run winNT, but can't because I would be missing these tools (I >think). You mean that NT (the Future of Windoze) won't run DOS apps? I was giving some thought to looking at it on my second (non-Linux) machine, but not if it means I can't run DOS stuff.

> You mean that NT (the Future of Windoze) won't run DOS apps? I was giving Of course it runs DOS apps. Quite well, actually. Better than Win95. -- Clyde Smith-Stubbs | HI-TECH Software, | Voice: +61 7 3300 5011 .....clydeKILLspam@spam@hitech.com.au | P.O. Box 103, Alderley, | Fax: +61 7 3300 5246 http://www.hitech.com.au | QLD, 4051, AUSTRALIA. | BBS: +61 7 3300 5235 HI-TECH C: Compiling the real world...

>> You mean that NT (the Future of Windoze) won't run DOS apps? >Of course it runs DOS apps. Quite well, actually. Better than Win95. That's not saying much. Linux (via dosemu) runs DOS apps better than Win95.

> That's not saying much. Linux (via dosemu) runs DOS apps better than Win95. But does it run Windows programs? Anyway, MPASM and MPSIM run under NT as well as they run under anything else, which again is not saying much. I find MPSIM particularly clunky. -- Clyde Smith-Stubbs | HI-TECH Software, | Voice: +61 7 3300 5011 clydeKILLspamhitech.com.au | P.O. Box 103, Alderley, | Fax: +61 7 3300 5246 http://www.hitech.com.au | QLD, 4051, AUSTRALIA. | BBS: +61 7 3300 5235 HI-TECH C: Compiling the real world...

> > > That's not saying much. Linux (via dosemu) runs DOS apps better than Win95. > > But does it run Windows programs? Anyway, MPASM and MPSIM run under NT as > well as they run under anything else, which again is not saying much. I find > MPSIM particularly clunky. Well, I'm annoyed more by the 3-lines-per-hour translation speed of MPASM, and the fact that it messes with the BIOS for screen I/O (which means that it can't be run in anything other than 80x25 mode, which I happen to never use (mostly 90x40)). Frank "It's justice, Jim, but not as we know it." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frank A. Vorstenbosch +31-(70)-355 5241 .....falstaffKILLspam.....xs4all.nl

At 11:55 PM 10/12/95 +1000, you wrote: >> That's not saying much. Linux (via dosemu) runs DOS apps better than Win95. > >But does it run Windows programs? Anyway, MPASM and MPSIM run under NT as >well as they run under anything else, which again is not saying much. I find >MPSIM particularly clunky. Yes I know that I can run those, but can I run the downloader for my Picstart kit? It uses direct hardware access, a no-no by NT standards. Let me know if anyone can do this. Stuart Allman EraseMEstudiospam_OUTTakeThisOuThalcyon.com

> Yes I know that I can run those, but can I run the downloader for my > Picstart kit? It uses direct hardware access, a no-no by NT standards. Let > me know if anyone can do this. As long as it accesses the standard serial or parallel ports, you will be ok. Custom bus boards (like the PICMaster) don't work under NT (but do under Win95). -- Clyde Smith-Stubbs | HI-TECH Software, | Voice: +61 7 3300 5011 clydespam_OUThitech.com.au | P.O. Box 103, Alderley, | Fax: +61 7 3300 5246 http://www.hitech.com.au | QLD, 4051, AUSTRALIA. | BBS: +61 7 3300 5235 HI-TECH C: Compiling the real world...

Frank A. Vorstenbosch <@spam@falstaffKILLspamXS4ALL.NL> wrote: >Well, I'm annoyed more by the 3-lines-per-hour translation speed of >MPASM, and the fact that it messes with the BIOS for screen I/O >(which means that it can't be run in anything other than 80x25 >mode, which I happen to never use (mostly 90x40)). Frank: What version are you using? MPASM version 1.21 is pretty fast (especially when you remember that it's a very sophisticated assembler and it's doing a LOT of work), and as far as I know, Kim Cooper fixed the BIOS screen-writes a long time ago. -Andy -- Andrew Warren - KILLspamfastfwdKILLspamix.netcom.com Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California

At 09:01 AM 10/13/95 +1000, you wrote: >> Yes I know that I can run those, but can I run the downloader for my >> Picstart kit? It uses direct hardware access, a no-no by NT standards. Let >> me know if anyone can do this. > >As long as it accesses the standard serial or parallel ports, you will be ok. >Custom bus boards (like the PICMaster) don't work under NT (but do under Win95). > I not quite sure what you mean by custom bus boards. I've never seen the PicMaster. I have a PicStart kit. Will the downloading software work for this? >-- > Clyde Smith-Stubbs | HI-TECH Software, | Voice: +61 7 3300 5011 > RemoveMEclydeTakeThisOuThitech.com.au | P.O. Box 103, Alderley, | Fax: +61 7 3300 5246 >http://www.hitech.com.au | QLD, 4051, AUSTRALIA. | BBS: +61 7 3300 5235 > HI-TECH C: Compiling the real world... > >