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Funny NYPD | 1 Jun 01:11
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Re: [OT] Windows Development Choices

That's why Vista will be the history very soon.

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From: Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc <at> gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Chris McSweeny <cpmcsweeny <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Youda He <youda <at> geometrysystems.com>wrote:
>
>>  We can't even
>> install VC2003 on Vista, so we can only run the compiled binary, not the
>> compiler.
>>
>
> Really? I'm running VC++ 6.0 on Vista. It's not supposed to work, but it
> does. Granted I've only tried compiling fairly simple stuff, but even so
> I've yet to actually find an issue!

It is true you can probably install VC++ 2003 on Vista but there are
major problems like debugging. Not so sure about VC++ 6.
http://www.techtalkz.com/vc-net/302166-how-speed-up-visual-studio-2003-vista.html

Even installing .Net 1.1 is troublesome in Vista.
http://mcuee.blogspot.com/2009/04/microsoft-net-framework-11-installation.html
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Xiaofan Chen | 1 Jun 01:20
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Re: [OT] Windows Development Choices

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Funny NYPD <funnynypd <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
> That's why Vista will be the history very soon.

Not for me. ;-)
I am using a Vista 32 desktop now and I think
it is fine. There are older programs which do not work,
so I just move on. Most the MCU companies now
support Vista 32.

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Youda He | 1 Jun 01:27

Re: [OT] Windows Development Choices

We tried install VC2003 in Vista, the problems is with VC2003, Vista does
not add any value, only trouble.

VC2008 has some optimization, like open mp support, more CPU specific
optimization (all in floating point operations), and SSE supports.

We want to optimize the code to have faster floating point operations,
possibly using SSE, and definitely multiprocessor support, since the
dual/quad core cpus are everywhere.

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On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Chris McSweeny <cpmcsweeny <at> gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Youda He <youda <at> geometrysystems.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >>  We can't even
> >> install VC2003 on Vista, so we can only run the compiled binary, not the
> >> compiler.
> >>
> >
> > Really? I'm running VC++ 6.0 on Vista. It's not supposed to work, but it
> > does. Granted I've only tried compiling fairly simple stuff, but even so
> > I've yet to actually find an issue!
>
> It is true you can probably install VC++ 2003 on Vista but there are
> major problems like debugging. Not so sure about VC++ 6.
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Funny NYPD | 1 Jun 01:40
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We have one machine came in with a Vista pro pre-installed. We found it was hard to use, and downgrade to XP
SP2/3 and never touched a Vista again.
Agree, the vista eye-catching style is really cool.

 Funny N.
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Funny NYPD <funnynypd <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
> That's why Vista will be the history very soon.

Not for me. ;-)
I am using a Vista 32 desktop now and I think
it is fine. There are older programs which do not work,
so I just move on. Most the MCU companies now
support Vista 32.

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Xiaofan Chen | 1 Jun 01:53
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Re: [OT] Windows Development Choices

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Funny NYPD <funnynypd <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
> We have one machine came in with a Vista pro pre-installed. We found it
> was hard to use, and downgrade to XP SP2/3 and never touched a Vista again.

Probably. Vista has many things gone wrong but the underline technology
is actually quite good. Windows 7 shares the same technology and tries
to address the issues and it seems that it will regain the interests
of the business users.

> Agree, the vista eye-catching style is really cool.

I do not care for the eye-catching features. In fact, KDE 4.2 under Linux
 is even more eye-catching but I have not used it for a short while, still feel
the plain Gnome is faster and more stable. ;-)

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solarwind | 1 Jun 03:01
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Re: [PIC] Clock for PIC Controller

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 5:45 PM, ru12 <support2009 <at> dontronics.com> wrote:
> wackytacky wrote:
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>> I am fairly new to using microcontrollers, and I would like to program one
>> to do something for me at certain times of the day. How can I incorporate
>> a clock to control when my microcontroller will perform those tasks?
>>
>> Thanks!

Use an RTC (real time clock) chip. Maxim-IC sells and samples them.
Get your free samples.
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Vitaliy | 1 Jun 05:03

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Jinx wrote:
> Just curious - lately I'm not seeing several post originals. See the
> replies, obviously

I did not see the OP, either. Maybe wackytacky sent the message directly to 
Don?

Vitaliy 

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William "Chops" Westfield | 1 Jun 05:10
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On May 31, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote:

>> That's why Vista will be the history very soon.
>
> Not for me. ;-)
> I am using a Vista 32 desktop now and I think
> it is fine. There are older programs which do not work,
> so I just move on.

With that general attitude, what will stop you from going to Windows 7  
when it comes out ?

BillW

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solarwind | 1 Jun 05:23
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On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Vitaliy <spam <at> maksimov.org> wrote:
> I did not see the OP, either. Maybe wackytacky sent the message directly to
> Don?
>
> Vitaliy

It's from nabble.
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Xiaofan Chen | 1 Jun 05:44
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:10 AM, William "Chops" Westfield
<westfw <at> mac.com> wrote:
>>> That's why Vista will be the history very soon.
>>
>> Not for me. ;-)
>> I am using a Vista 32 desktop now and I think
>> it is fine. There are older programs which do not work,
>> so I just move on.
>
> With that general attitude, what will stop you from going to Windows 7
> when it comes out ?
>

If I am going to buy my next PC, it will be Windows 7. No technical hurdel
will stop this as I am a "pro" user of Windows. But my wife does have a say
when we will buy the next PC. ;-)

I always like to be current with Windows and Linux. I always use the
latest Ubuntu as my primary Linux distro.

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