> Don't get me wrong, I like Microchip, and I like the way that
> they provide their development software for free.  But there are
> just a few things about MPLAB that really get to me.  I can
> ignore the small bugs, lackluster interface, and the fact
> Microsoft is developing 64 bit windows and MPLAB is still 16 bit.
> Such things are immaterial.  (Hopefully v. 6.0 will be a big
> improvement.)  What I can't ignore is the poor performance of the
> simulator.  It seems to be intentionally lethargic!  Why must
> programs like SPEED.EXE be used as an accelerant?  Is MPLAB
> sandbagged?  It consumes about 1% of the CPU's resources and
> idles the rest.  I though that Microchip might not expend much
> effort on MPLAB in the hopes that 3rd party developers would pick
> up the slack, but where are they?
>
> What do you think about this?

I think the ICE works very nicely and I don't care much what the simulator
does.  If you don't like the product, you can get all your money back any
time.


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