---Original Message----- From: Mike To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Saturday, 2 August 1997 17:15 Subject: Re: MPLAB with HP Palmtop windows CE >At 05:35 PM 8/1/97 -0600, you wrote: >>Sadly not, as Microchip are still in 16-bit land and Windows CE requires >>Win32 apps. Additionally, MPLAB would need to be recompiled for each >>different vendor processor type. >> >>When will the world move away from 16-bit apps? Who last bought a copy of >>Windows 3.1? >> >>Peter S > >What makes you think 32 bit apps are more efficient ? > That wasn't what he claimed. CPM on a Z80 machine loads WordStar faster than NT on a Pentium can load Word, but I know which I'd sooner use... OTOH, Word stinks for editing straight text. >Windows 95 is 95% 16 bit drivers and libraries most of which is ported >over from win 3.11. Are you *sure* about those percentages? Most of the V-drivers are 32 bit (quite a number were in 3.11 for example, the disk access system) The memory/system stuff is 32 bit. Most of the GDI is thunked to 16 bit though. > >there is a lot of propoganda and hype Win NT comes close to be a 32 bit app >but even that uses 16 bit dlls ! > Only for running 16 bit Windows programs, I think. MikeS I thunk, therefore I Windows.