John Kirk wrote:
>
> I'm sorry but I must disagree.   For example, I still have not figured out
> how to use the Simulator.  Does the Tutorial tell me how to get a simple
> piece of code running in the simulator?  I tried contacting MicroChip and
> even wrote a letter asking for help from Ms. Kris Kuehn.  The only help I
> got was the suggestion to monitor this news group.   Good advice, but I
> still don't know how to operate the simulator.    I would be happy to pass
> along a copy of the letter if you are interested.  John Kirk
>
> > ---
Yes, I too had a very hard time with the simulator. I spent about 6
hours total on it and still felt like an idiot, so I put it on the back
burner for a while. Then I noticed some comments a while back on this
list about having to  dork with the mouse and such to make it run, and
somebody writing a program to feed it BS to make it run, and well, I
said the hell with the simulator. I saw some comments about other
peoples simulators, but havent searched them out to try yet. I figure
maybe if were patient, there will be a version that works someday.
Im not so deep into these chips that I couldnt pull out. I thought about
atmel, but I also saw some comments on the net that their software was
even worse, but I dont know if its true or not. Their chips also dont
seem to be availble as readily, but, that too is only a first
impression.
Don