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Unread 29-12-2007, 09:58
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Re: Hope of official Linux / Open Source software

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Originally Posted by EHaskins View Post
I couldn't find a Linux compiler, but all the info you need to write your own is in the processor data sheet, sorry I don't have a link.
You can find the data sheets on the Microchip website. However that won't due them much good. Since telling someone to write a compiler because they have the data sheet is like giving them the blueprints to a jet and saying build it yourself. Very few people involved in FIRST have the experience or training to write a compiler.
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