Mike,

Here Here. I would LOVE to do all of my PIC dev work on an NT box. Maybe
one of us can talk MCHIP into farming out a contract for the port ????  ;}

regards,
gwk
Algorithmics Inc.


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> From: Mike Smith <mikesmith_oz@RELAYMAIL.NET>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: MPLAB with HP Palmtop windows CE
> Date: Sunday, August 03, 1997 4:27 AM
>
>  ---Original Message-----
> From: Griffith Wm. Kadnier <griffk@ALGOINC.COM>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Date: Sunday, 3 August 1997 10:20
> Subject: Re: MPLAB with HP Palmtop windows CE
>
>
>
> >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!"
>
> Lets all pray Win98 breaks it into tiny pieces.  *That* should make them
sit
> up and take notice.  At least one of their competition's ICE's uses a
Win32
> base - even in beta, the difference is noticable.
>
> MikeS
> <mikesmith_oz@relaymail.net>