[mikew]

Sorry, I've been busy/lazy lately. I just manually compiled the default code through wine with the same commands used by mplab, and the hex files generated are identical. (as I was expecting)

I have access to our robot prototype now, along with the edu-rc. The bootloader is on the bottom half of my list of things to do before the kickoff. I have to get our prototype working, put up a website, and relax before taking on the loader.

I don't think I'll be able to work with sdcc and gputils and see if they're feasible replacements for mcc18. It looks like a LOT of work, and this solution "just works" for me. sdcc and gputils would of course be useful for mac users, or non x86 users in general. I can imagine how cool it would be to edit, compile, and upload code from a zaurus. I'm not likely to get one though.