Use what comes on your computer. At dos prompt type

FC file1 file2

simple and free.

Bill Couture wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of a tool to compare two HEX files ?
> >
> > The problem with using "normal" file compare tools, is that
> > two HEX files could look different, but they could still be
> > functional the same. The reason is of course that different
> > things (memory sections) in the HEX file don't have to come
> > in any special or fixed order. As when using one HEX file to
> > flash a part, and then reading back the contents to a new
> > file.
> >
> > I need a tool tool that  knows how to read and interpret
> > the HEX data from two files and report any differences.
>
> How about:
>    1) Run both files through a disassembler
>    2) Compare resulting source files
>
> While it only supports a limited number of PICs, you can try my
> PICDIS program (www.picemulator.com) or one of the other disassemblers
> from my links page.
>
> Bill
>
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