Reply by Chad Russel September 6, 20042004-09-06
Mike,

You forgot to mention it will do 5 files at a time. :-) Now I can
figure out why there are 5 different versions of a file. :-p

Works great. Not 100% of what I want but 99% is plenty good enough for
me. Thanks a lot.

Chad

--- mikerey35475 <> wrote:

> --- In , Chad Russel <chadrussel@y...> wrote:
> > Thanks Igor,
> >
> > I checked it out. Looks nice. I may be interested in it also.
> >
> > But, I was looking for a program to load 2 Intel Hex format files
> as if
> > they were memory images then show me where they differ. It is for
> my
> > new idea of reverse version control. :-p
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chad
>
> Chad,
>
> IC-Prog has this funtionality built in, if you are using PICs. Select
>
> your PIC, load the hex file in buffer 1, then change buffers and load
>
> another hex file. Then choose compare, it will highlight each
> differences between the files.
>
> Mike


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Reply by mikerey35475 September 6, 20042004-09-06
--- In , Chad Russel <chadrussel@y...> wrote:
> Thanks Igor,
>
> I checked it out. Looks nice. I may be interested in it also.
>
> But, I was looking for a program to load 2 Intel Hex format files
as if
> they were memory images then show me where they differ. It is for
my
> new idea of reverse version control. :-p
>
> Regards,
> Chad

Chad,

IC-Prog has this funtionality built in, if you are using PICs. Select
your PIC, load the hex file in buffer 1, then change buffers and load
another hex file. Then choose compare, it will highlight each
differences between the files.

Mike



Reply by Chad Russel September 6, 20042004-09-06
Thanks Igor,

I checked it out. Looks nice. I may be interested in it also.

But, I was looking for a program to load 2 Intel Hex format files as if
they were memory images then show me where they differ. It is for my
new idea of reverse version control. :-p

Regards,
Chad
--- Igor Janjatovic <> wrote:

> > Anyone know of a good HEX compare program? I found a C++ line
> > input/output but, ehhhhh, you know. Boring. :-p
>
> Maybe Hackman Hex Editor can help:
>
> http://www.technologismiki.com/en/index-h.html
>
> Since this is Windows application it has exceptional GUI and it might
> be not
> so boring as command line interface.
>
> Actually, entire Windows is very exceptional OS. I know that because
> I get
> this blue "Fatal Exception" screen all the time! :-)
>
> Regards,
> Igor >
>


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Reply by Chad Russel September 6, 20042004-09-06
Thanks, I will check it out.

He he he he. Ya, I know. Love the GUI, but hate the guts. I am still
upset that they put the power switches in the most inaccessible place
and load windows on the machine. I need that silly switch about 1/2
the time to get back up.

Chad
--- Igor Janjatovic <> wrote:

> > Anyone know of a good HEX compare program? I found a C++ line
> > input/output but, ehhhhh, you know. Boring. :-p
>
> Maybe Hackman Hex Editor can help:
>
> http://www.technologismiki.com/en/index-h.html
>
> Since this is Windows application it has exceptional GUI and it might
> be not
> so boring as command line interface.
>
> Actually, entire Windows is very exceptional OS. I know that because
> I get
> this blue "Fatal Exception" screen all the time! :-)
>
> Regards,
> Igor >
>

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Reply by Igor Janjatovic September 6, 20042004-09-06
> Anyone know of a good HEX compare program? I found a C++ line
> input/output but, ehhhhh, you know. Boring. :-p

Maybe Hackman Hex Editor can help:

http://www.technologismiki.com/en/index-h.html

Since this is Windows application it has exceptional GUI and it might be not
so boring as command line interface.

Actually, entire Windows is very exceptional OS. I know that because I get
this blue "Fatal Exception" screen all the time! :-)

Regards,
Igor




Reply by Vasile Surducan September 6, 20042004-09-06

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> > I am sure that your .nl has nothing to do with liking Python. :)
>
> It just might. At university I got a course on ABC, designed by a guy at
> the Centre of Mathematics in Amsterdam. IIRC that is where Guido worked,
> or at least there was some other connection. ABC had a lot of the ideas
> that ended up in Python, including using indendation for nesting. I am
> still not sure whether I love or hate that feature. (Hate is more common
> when writing code, love when reading.
Reading is more important than
> writing, so ...)

oooh, that's all good software writers forgot to comment the writed
code, I think finally I have understood...

:))

Vasile



Reply by Joe Jansen September 5, 20042004-09-05
Same here. My Dell Latitude runs Knoppix and Mandrake with no
problems whatsoever. HardDrake auto-detects all my hardware,
including sound and graphics. I don't use a dial up modem on this
computer, so I have never tried that.

Meanwhile, my less-than-6-months-old computer also runs mandrake
effortlessly. All hardware fully functional, and my 5 year old
happily playing a game on it as I write this.

On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:10:28 -0000, Scott Lee <> wrote:
> --- In , "Michael Puchol" <mpuchol@s...> wrote:
> > it's there. Laptop support in Linux is crap, there are VERY few
> models that
> > could support any distro out of the box. Three Toshiba and one
> Fujitsu I've
> > owned have ALL had some problem or other, were it ACPI support, screen,
> > graphics card, keyboard strokes auto-repeating themselves if you
> didn't type
> > at 1 wpm, or any combination of them.
>
> Huh? I have two laptops -- one old IBM Thinkpad that I own personally
> and one relatively new Compaq Evo supplied by my employer. Both work
> just fine with linux out of the box -- wireless networking and all.
>
> Oh, I guess I can think of one problem on my personal laptop and that
> is the winmodem doesn't work off the bat. I know that I *could* get
> it working but I don't worry about it since I haven't used a modem in
> several years.
>
> --Scott > to unsubscribe, go to http://www.yahoogroups.com and follow the instructions
> Yahoo! Groups Links



Reply by Wouter van Ooijen September 5, 20042004-09-05
> I am sure that your .nl has nothing to do with liking Python. :)

It just might. At university I got a course on ABC, designed by a guy at
the Centre of Mathematics in Amsterdam. IIRC that is where Guido worked,
or at least there was some other connection. ABC had a lot of the ideas
that ended up in Python, including using indendation for nesting. I am
still not sure whether I love or hate that feature. (Hate is more common
when writing code, love when reading. Reading is more important than
writing, so ...)

Wouter van Ooijen

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Reply by Chad Russel September 5, 20042004-09-05
Thanks Wouter,

I am sure that your .nl has nothing to do with liking Python. :) I
think the Tcl is only used as a Windows to unix interface for this CVS
system. I would prefer to learn Java, but my brain has yet to grasp
the subtleties.

I only take exception to your opinion of Perl, it seem to fill a niche
very well in what it does best, strings.

I have yet to hear of anyone trying to make Microchip Version control
work. Am I the trailblazer(sacrifice) on this one?

Regards,
Chad

--- Wouter van Ooijen <> wrote:

> > I am a babe at object/high level(other than the ancient
> > languages), but
> > are not Tcl and Python reincarnations of Java? I am trying to get
> a
> > handle on C++ and Perl, so why not add Python?
>
> As I just told my students, the languages Tcl, Python, Awk, Perl,
> C++,
> Java and a bunch of others are more-or-less in the same league in
> that
> they try to be kind to the user and rough to the machine, compared to
> the good (?) old C labguage. But they otherwise (syntax and
> semantics)
> very different. Within this group C++ and Java are more on the
> machine-friendly (and programmer-rough) side, the others (all pure
> interpreter languages) are definitely on the
> machine-rough/programmer-friendly side. Of this bunch I like Python
> the
> best, with emphasis on the 'I' part of that scentence.
>
> IMHO Tcl is a very funny languages, but not suited for anything but
> very
> small programs. Perl and Awk are (IMHO) not suited for anything
> (emphasis on IMHO, there are lots of people who disagree). I use
> Python
> for most (PC) programming where execution speed is not the primary
> objective (including the administration fo my web-based business). I
> use
> C when speed is important. Java and C++ are somewhere between those
> two
> extremes. Based on very little experience I think Java is too much
> hassle (compareable to Python, but without the - IMHO - lovely
> language)
> for the end user (compared to a C or C++ program compiled to native
> code).
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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> Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl
> consultancy, development, PICmicro products >

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Reply by Scott Lee September 5, 20042004-09-05
--- In , "Michael Puchol" <mpuchol@s...> wrote:
> it's there. Laptop support in Linux is crap, there are VERY few
models that
> could support any distro out of the box. Three Toshiba and one
Fujitsu I've
> owned have ALL had some problem or other, were it ACPI support, screen,
> graphics card, keyboard strokes auto-repeating themselves if you
didn't type
> at 1 wpm, or any combination of them.

Huh? I have two laptops -- one old IBM Thinkpad that I own personally
and one relatively new Compaq Evo supplied by my employer. Both work
just fine with linux out of the box -- wireless networking and all.

Oh, I guess I can think of one problem on my personal laptop and that
is the winmodem doesn't work off the bat. I know that I *could* get
it working but I don't worry about it since I haven't used a modem in
several years.

--Scott