OK - thanks for pulling me back from the window ledge.

Seriously, I think I misread the original post as implying that the 
old style (shudder - absolute) addressing would no longer be 
allowed.  My error.

As for "upgrade" - I am referring to the 7.1 version of MPLAB.
I currently have Ver. 6.62 on this machine and a slightly later 
version on my home machine,  I don't recall at the moment 
which version is on the laptop.

RJG


> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jan-Erik Soderholm" <jan-erik.soderholm@telia.com>
> To: <piclist@mit.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 8:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [PIC] MPLAB v7.1 changes ?
> 
> 
> > Roy J. Gromlich wrote :
> > 
> > > Too bad they chose to make releasable mode mandatory -
> > 
> > In what way "mandatory" ?
> > Besides of for the dsPIC's of course, but your "tons" of
> > old-style code can't possibly be for the dsPIC's, right ? :-)
> > 
> > > I was about to get the upgrade,...
> > 
> > What upgrade ?
> > 
> > > but I don't want to have two 
> > > version on my machine. I have TONS of olf-style code which 
> > > is still in use - I don't intend to take the time to go back and
> > > rewrite all of it for relocation, so it will assemble in the new
> > > MPASM.
> > 
> > I don't know of *any* new MPASM that *only* supports
> > releasable mode (again, besides for the dsPIC's).
> > 
> > > Is there no switch on the new version - maybe a 
> > > compatibili8ty mode - which will allow it to handle old-style 
> > > code?
> > 
> > The "new" version of *what*  ?
> > 
> > Jan-Erik.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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