AFAIK, and I may be wrong, the 17X PIC instructions  are a superset
of the 16x PIC instructions.

If so, could you use a 16X version C in the interim  - this will give
you access to 17X hardware features but not the more "efficient"
(more CISC) instruction set?



Russell McMahon

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Oliver <eric@KEDCOENT.COM>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: To C or not to C for PICmicro


>Can't afford the hi-tech compiler <g>.  In fact, I'm having a hard
time
>finding a compiler for the PIC17.  I emailed CCS and they replied
that they
>would be adding support for the PIC17 "real soon". I'm not sure
_when_ that
>translates to. I have sent them another email to try to get a little
more
>definite time frame.
>
>Thanks
>Eric