On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Bob Barr wrote: > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:18:04 -0000, Jon Baker wrote: > > >Thanks Richard - Yeah I noticed it had been about a year since the > >competetition actually started. Aparently there have been about 20 people > >who expressed an interest / are 'working' on it. Rules say it has to be in C > >unless you can justify exactly why it cant be done, my answer is that > >assembler is free and most likely makes better use of space.. In effect its > >got to be done in less than 8k.. or theres no room for a program to actually > >do anything with the hard drive ! > > > > Unless the rules have changed, I believe that the program must not > only be written in C, but specifically in HiTech C. ...thus disqualifying the vast majority of PIC developers, especially those who don't do it for a living with employer money. I could very well be wrong, but isn't HT PICC by far the most expensive compiler you can find for the PIC? I'm sure it's a nice product (though I do prefer CCS), but at $850 the price is simply too steep for me. Dale -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.