>What would be your recommendations for a C compiler? - I am
>not opposed to using one - esp. for things such as developing
>PID loops which generally....


Well I would look at using PIC C Lite from Hi-Tech as it is free, as a
starting position. This would allow you to experiment without shelling out
any funds. It will generate code for an f877, using 2 ram banks, and up to
2k code space, so you should be able to fit a reasonable program in it. When
you get to a point of needing more, then the full version is available for
purchase (I believe it will run in demo mode for 30 days, but cannot recall
off hand if it has any limitations in this mode).

I have not investigated what SFR's get eliminated by the 2 bank restriction,
or if the SFR's in the upper two banks are used, just not the ram available.
perhaps someone who has tried it can tell us - it is still on my to-do one
rainy day list.

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