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[TimeOut]

Originally Posted by stephenthe1

what is the purpose of having visual studio .net 2003 in the kits?

Some people have written their own 'Dashboard' programs to monitor their bot. That is one use that would be kind of cool.

Sean

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by atmaturen

i thought i heard them say that it was going to be posted on usfirst.org, how is that any more secure than this forum?

What exactly is the problem? We might be able to make a guess with some more info.

[davelu]

link's down. [url]

hey, do you guys know any other possible links?

[xxmaddjxx]

from the link we can download the compiler. what about MPLAB, what version shoudl we be usuing... sorry havnt opened kit yet.

[MrToast]

Mirrored here as well:

*edit by Moderator*
Please refer to Dave Lavery's post here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=32453
The only allowable link to the new compiler is FIRST's website: www.usfirst.org
Thank you for your understanding.
*edit by Moderator*

They'll come down when the FIRST link goes down.

Dave

[xxmaddjxx]

are we supposed to know the password for Sales.zip?

[MrToast]

Try the password "mpseven". That's what the password for the FTP site to get the files was.

HTH,

Dave

[Venkatesh]

Do we really need sales.zip or the other file? This directory doesn't seem to be dedicated to FIRST, but rather seems to be a generic resource directory.

[Phil Roth]

Originally Posted by Venkatesh

Do we really need sales.zip or the other file? This directory doesn't seem to be dedicated to FIRST, but rather seems to be a generic resource directory.

The usfirst.com link is only to download the new compiler. Don't forget to download Microchips v7.00 IDE also. This can be done @ http://www.microchip.com/stellent/id...&part=SW007002

Scroll all the way down the page and click on "full install". The 2005 default project must run under v7.00 IDE.

[jgannon]

I think the issue is overblown. There aren't a whole lot of people who need a C compiler for PIC18 chips. Those who would use this software for something other than FIRST probably already have it. I understand what Dave requested in the kickoff video, but making sure that people know where to get this software seems more important than trying to hide it from a few outsiders, who would be able to track it down by us saying "It's on the FIRST website" anyway.

[stephenthe1]

Originally Posted by TimeOut

Some people have written their own 'Dashboard' programs to monitor their bot. That is one use that would be kind of cool.

Sean

for the people who wrote their own dashboard programs, they probably have their own copies of visual studio. I mean, the software is very expensive, so why distribute it to everyone. also, why did they send two versions of it out? I haven't installed it yet. is it the full version with managed c++, c#, (of course the ability to open c files and billions of other files), java, visual basic, and etc.?

[BandChick]

Originally Posted by Phil Roth

The usfirst.com link is only to download the new compiler. Don't forget to download Microchips v7.00 IDE also.

We, in another thread, spent nearly two hours deliberating over whether or not to post tihs link. Ultimately we decided if you wanted to remind teams about the compiler to send them to the FIRST website ONLY

[Joe Ross]

Something doesn't seem right to me. You've been asked by a moderator to not share the exact link to download the software from microchip, and yet you then post a completely non password protected link to your own server.

Personally, if anything, I think the microchip link is better then the link to your own server.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by BandChick

We, in another thread, spent nearly two hours deliberating over whether or not to post tihs link.

Phil's link is okay.
The MPLAB IDE software has always been available to the public and that particular link was obtained from the Microchip website. It is not the restricted C compiler.

[russell]

I started by downloading the compiler and installing that, then I realised that I needed the IDE so then I got that too. I installed them in that order. Then I downloaded the update to the compiler, but whenever I try to install it, it says there is not an installation of the compiler in the directory I selected. There is an installation of it there, so I havent the faintest clue why it thinks there isnt. Has anyone else had this problem?