Update older compiler for 16F871 chip.

yerpa · Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 58 Location: Wisconsin

Anybody know if there is a .DAT file for my PCM version 2.679 that will support the 16F871 chip? I don't want to buy a new version because this one does everything else I need and some new versions may have stability problems or change the compilation of some of my existing source. Besides, I will be buying the CCS PIC 18 series compiler soon. I'm stuck with a bunch of 16F871 chips now. They look like reduced memory versions of the PIC 16F874, which my compiler supports. P.S. It would be easier to purchase a new compiler if the update period wasn't limited to 30 days. What if I got stuck with a buggy version (not unheard of) and they fixed it 31 days later? Thanks in advance!

Mark · Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 2838 Location: Atlanta, GA

Since you already own the compiler you only need to purchase the yearly upgrades which you need to do if you compiler does not support the chip that you are using.

Ttelmah · Guest

Also, do what everyone else should do, and if you have working code generated with a particular compiler, save the compiler in your archive with the source files. You can install a new version into a directory with a different name, and have multiple compilers on the system if required. I must admit I always do this with new compilers, since the newest releases are really only 'betas'...

Best Wishes

PCM programmer · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708

He has PCM vs. 2.679 which was released in August 1999.
The default installation directory for that version was c:\PICC.

The current versions of the command line compiler install in
c:\Program Files\Picc.

So if he gets the new version, it will automatically install in
a different directory, by default.

arunb · Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 492 Location: India

Hi,