In message <8877@lpilsley.demon.co.uk>, Nigel Goodwin writes:
>I seem to recall that the MicroChip tools are written using Turbo Pascal,
>this includes a flag with can be used to turn off direct screen writing.
>All that needs doing is recompiling with this flag set to disable this
>function, by default direct writes are enabled.
>I presume Turbo C uses something similar.

        As far as I know, that is true.  The Motorola assembler suit that
Motorola provides for programming the 68HCxx family does use standard output.
I have used "mcasm," their assembler and redirected its output with absolutely
no problem at all.

        If mpasm, mpsim, and mps16c/mps16b used standard output, this
off-topic thread I started would never have come up.  I would be doing battle
with program logic and wondering whether I should use a crystal or could
get by with a RC network rather than wondering whether I can make the otherwise
good tools work.

        Modern P.C's are so fast that standard I/O probably looks much the
same as direct screen writes used to look so all that happens is that things
just get more difficult than they otherwise would be.  Oh well, here I go
griping again.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 36.7N97.4W
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