WinNT IS a true 32 bit OS. It just provides 16 bit dlls for running legacy
apps ala Win 3.1.

If all you run is 32 bit applications, WinNT never even tries to load or
intercept any 16 bit code.

I would venture a guess that MCHIP has no in-house expertise or interest in
porting their (already) running apps to Win32. And they probably WON'T,
until they are forced to by market pressure.

They might even use BIOS calls, or non-standard library code to do direct
RS232 communication to the programmers/ICE's (a no-no in the Win32 world).

After all, they are a uP house, not a Windows dev OEM. If it works OK with
Win95 (and it does), they probably figure..."don't break it!"

That said, I'll put SoftIce for NT to work in the next few days, and see
what (and how) MPLAB is doing on an NT box.

gwk
Algorithmics Inc.

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> From: Eric van Es <vanes@ILINK.NIS.ZA>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: MPLAB with HP Palmtop windows CE
> Date: Saturday, August 02, 1997 1:02 AM
>
> Mike wrote:
>
> > 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 ?
> >
> > Windows 95 is 95% 16 bit drivers and libraries most of which is ported
> >
> > over from win 3.11.
> >
> > 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 !
> >
> > rdgs
> >
> > mike
>
> So is there a TRUE 32-bit OS out there?
> What will Win97 be? (If ever it surfaces from the rumours!)
>
> --
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