On Mar 28, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Cedric Chang wrote: > There is a Linux version of RealBasic that is free. There was an older windows version that was also released for free. I don't know if it's still downloadable... However, I have my doubts about trying to do serious learning with a more-or-less obsolete version of a compiler/etc. You CAN learn a lot, of course, but certain things are likely to be a lot more frustrating than they ought to be (trivial example: being limited to 8.3 file and directory names...) BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist