Gerhard Fiedler wrote: >> I'd actually like to try that out -- a medium complexity design, both my >standard way and with an OS like Salvo, and then compare the results. > When I did my original rant-and-rave to start this thread, I had no earthly idea that anyone actually had come up with an OS for a PIC! This posting came as a bit of a surprise, so of course I had to check on Google and see what Salvo is. A "real time OS" for a PIC is is advertised as! Commercial, unfortunately. Too bad. Personally, I think that compilers, assemblers, OS's and other such tools should all be freely available. But guess that is just another in a long list of gripes. :-) Anyway . . . the point of all this . . . is anyone else working on such a thing? Preferably under Linux? John -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist