Thomas McCormick wrote: >$15 for VB and VC???? Maybe in the UK, but not in the US. Full versions of >those products are $480 each. Additionally, back when it was called Win CE >(I don't know if this is still true - perhaps that's what you can get for >$15),
Back when Win CE first started out (Version 1.0?), MS did offer a free time limited Win CE development program. It basically modified VC 5.0 (4.0 as well?) to be able to generate Win CE code. It's been years since I tried it out ... I don't even remember if it had a debugger/emulator. I did order the $15 system that MS offers for Win CE development but haven't found the time to actually load it in and actually see what if anything it does :-) I do remember MS offering assorted Win CE development kits (VBasic, VC based) with full compilers and they were going for $300 IIRC. Logie Urquhart wrote: > In the UK price for IIIc ~ u300, price for iPaq ~ u420, is u120 worth the > extra CPU speed, sound, and 32mb RAM (compare to 8mb on IIIc). > > IMHO Yes I think the iPaq is well worth the price. To be sure I would like extra speed, better sound and more memory, however I've gotten the impression that comparing the IPaq's speed and memory to that of Palm is more like comparing apples to oranges. Palms seem to get a lot more done with less resources. Perhaps its due to Palm's simpler interface, but it doesn't seem to need as much horsepower to give the user sufficient feedback. IIRC Win CE has to divide up its RAM into storage and execution, while Palms can run in place, so Win CEs need more RAM. Logie Urquhart also wrote: > You can get the GCC compiler, but the version I use (links from > www.vfdide.com) seems to be very difficult to set up, as I only have a Palm > III, and need to use the older SDK. I just started programming with VFDIDE (very nice, thanks Ole!) and very much appreciated the installation instructions on Ole's website. The only thing that I had to do was to 'umount' and 'mount' to fix up a couple of the mounts that were setup incorrectly. I used the Color Development variation, but I can (and do) program for the older SDKs (mainly Version 2.0). Give it another try. A lot of people (including myself) highly recommend it. -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
