Damn, beaten by a couple of days... ;-)

I have also just finished an assembler for pics, just the
documentation and a bit more testing left to do before its released.
Compared to topic is has:

pros: macros, real expressions, conditional assembly, local variables
and labels, 12 and 14bit pics, a simple disassembler.

cons: own object file format (with conversion tools to and from
intel hex.) C format numbers (i.e. 0xff etc), and error handling
is "simplistic" and finally no clever name (topic, aspic) thought
up yet ;-)

I will try to get the docs done this weekend and put it up for ftp
next week.  It has been built under linux and gcc, but should work under
any unix or even dos (using djgpp).

=%-)

Ian

p.s. votes for next tool being taken, simulator or picstart code downloader.
p.p.s. does anyone know the format of the picstart download protocol or
e-mail address for someone at microchip who might know.