Post by thread:Picstart 16b + A SNIPPET OF CODE

Bob Cousins wrote: > I don't want to take sides or anything, <snip> Don McKenzie wrote: > No, I'm not getting in the center of this Jim/Mike exchange, <snip> It seems to me that there are no "sides" in this matter. Both Jim and I are on the same side. He wishes for his freeware to be used under certain restraints. I c ould not divine from Jim's verbiage that this was his wish -- that may or may not be my fault, but it is incidental. What is important is that now I (and others, I am sure) know how the author feels and I will acquiesce to his wishes in this matter, and I urge everyone else to do the same. Both he and I want folks to act ethically an d responsibly, methinks. We just seem to go about it in different ways. I, for o ne, thank Jim for doing the work and releasing it at all. I got this old 16B for $10 or something and I thought it would be nice to fix it up (if it didn't cost too much) and give it to a local school or some promising kid , but this amount of bandwidth is hardly worth it. I will await Jim's instructions an d adhere to them in regards to his product -- provided that the instructions do no t invovle any bodily orifices! ;^) One of the refreshing things about this list as opposed to some (most) newsgroup s is the refreshing ratio of pissing contests to useful information. An occasional s pleen venting can be endured, yes? Let's not polarize this little issue, and move on to more meaty subjects. Speaking of which, I have been using a little piece of code when I have the extr a ROM space. I like it and I'll bet at least a couple of people will not have thought of it, even though it is hardly "rocket science." ;**************************************************************************** ; SUBROUTINE: DELAY4 thru DELAY25 ; delays of 4 to 25 clock cycles ;**************************************************************************** DELAY25 NOP DELAY24 NOP DELAY23 NOP DELAY22 NOP DELAY21 NOP DELAY20 NOP DELAY19 NOP DELAY18 NOP DELAY17 NOP DELAY16 NOP DELAY15 NOP DELAY14 NOP DELAY13 NOP DELAY12 NOP DELAY11 NOP DELAY10 NOP DELAY9 NOP DELAY8 NOP DELAY7 NOP DELAY6 NOP DELAY5 NOP DELAY4 RETLW 0 Just an offering to try to refocus our attention back to PICs... Michael ************************************************************************* When the way of the Tao is forgotten, kindness and ethics must be taught. Men must learn to pretend to be wise and good. -- Lao Tzu *************************************************************************