Hi! Well, I decided to start a mailing-list dedicated to writing development tools for the PIC16C84 (and other PICs too) which will be freely available in CopyLeft'd C source code. The first priorities of the list will include: o Improving Timo Rossi's assembler to fully handle forward references. Probably, we'll need to add a "pass zero" to build a symbol table. =20 o Converting John Favata's compiler to output PIC assembly instructions instead of Parallax's pseudo-8051 code. It may be best to follow John's strategy, but the assembly code will probably need some optimization once it's converted. The mailing list charter is included below. Please e-mail me personally if you'd like to be included in this mailing list. --------------- The GNUPIC Charter This is the charter for the "gnupic@digalogsys.com" mailing list. Copyright =A9 1995 Rick Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- The GNUPIC mailing list is provided as a forum for those wishing to program Microchip PIC microcontrollers using tools which are freely available under= the GNU CopyLeft. At first, this will mean developing such tools that may not already exist i= n freely available source such as a simulator, linker, librarian, or compiler= s for languages other than C. Then, refinement and distribution of these tool= s will be the main goal. Due to the nature of the expected audience, the GNUPIC mailing list will be targeted primarily at those wishing to use the PIC16C84. This is the only P= IC which Microchip makes with EEPROM program memory for in-circuit programming= . It's ideal for those who just want to try out microcontroller programming w= ith as little initial investment as possible. Hopefully, we'll produce a top-notch development environment for the PIC16C= 84 which can be compiled for just about any platform. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- Copyright =A9 1995 Rick Miller Rick Miller, Design Engineer (and local "Internet Guy") Digalog Systems, Inc. 3180 S. 166th St. New Berlin, WI 53151 USA +1 414 797 8000 x-228