I got a reprieve on PIC development this weekend. For
several reasons, I am not yet able to use mplab-x and was
writing code for an older PIC. I was using gpsim and running it
under Debian squeeze which is the next-to-most recent version of
Debian.

	It seemed to work perfectly except for applying stimuli
which didn't appear to work at all.

	I kept pounding on it, however, because it didn't really
seem broken. The compilation and configuration went without a
complaint after I got the right libraries on the system. I just
could not get the PIC to see the stimulus so I could not debug
my program.

	It turns out that I was misreading the documentation and
writing the node commands wrong. I basically stumbled across the
error of my ways and now, the stimulus is getting through to the
virtual PIC.

	This lets me see the logic traps I made for myself in
the ISR and now, I am just programming and killing virtual
bugs of which there were several.

	I thought I would mention that everything was working
because I had earlier said the stimulus emulation was broken.

	I am thankful for the efforts of those who wrote gpsim
as for now, it is the easiest development system for me to get
working.

	Later this Summer, I will have another go at getting X
and the gnome screen reader running and give mplab-x another try
but right now, it makes as much sense as saying:

If my grandmother had a big enough jet pack strapped to her back
and was still alive, she could fly from Oklahoma City to London
non-stop.

	As sports-castor Frank Gifford used to say after a
potentially spectacular play would fall apart, "If ands and buts
were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas."

Martin
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