Howdy Russ:
> You miss the point, as well. "BACK?" to 16-bit systems???
> Both 16-bit AND 8-bit micros are alive and well in the
> embedded world.. surprise! Just take a look at the very
> active development of new chips at Microchip
> (www.microchip.com) or Hitachi for current examples.
> Perhaps the upcoming PIC 2000 contest co-sponsored by
> Circuit Cellar INK and Microchip
> (http://www.circuitcellar.com/pic2000/) serves to
> illustrate just some of the _current_ interest in this
> area.
Hey-- cool. Thanks for the pointers. Truth be told no
one's really voiced the desire for DOS support in these
terms, and your arguments seem pretty compelling.
Maybe with more research on our part we can provide a more
meaningful response.
> It was certainly not my intention to begin or participate
> in a flame contest over this. I simply asked what I
> thought was a very straightforward, logical, and meaningful
> question... and I'm still looking for a direct answer.
Well, porting to DOS poses a few problems for us, ones that
we're not in any state to take on right now. This doesn't
mean we'd never do it, but that's no indication that we
would do it some day either. We don't have a truly
definitive answer, right now. If we look into embedd market
deeper and discover that DOS is everywhere, and that's where
we want to go, then we'd probably reassess the priority of
DOS. But for now, I can say definitively that DOS is not
even on the map for us, priority-wise. As you imply, this
might not be smart on our part, but that's up to other
executive dudes around the office to figure out. I'm just a
developer, what do I know? (-: ( Passin' the buck.. our
favorite hobby next to sarcasm :-) )
> Perhaps this is the wrong forum. From private replies I've
> received re this issue from others who read this list, I
> can see that other embedded system people share my
> views... guess we're just usually the silent types who work
> our magic behind the scenes. Back I go...
Please continue to contribute to our list. Your input is
appreciated.
-jeff
