I recently inherited a pile of software from another division. The code was developed several years ago using only DOS. I am curious to know if I will hurt myself in anyway by using the GUI IDE. uvision 1.13 The files were originally developed using ver 4 of the compiler, L51, and Symantec smake. Additionally, where could I look to find info on smake? I do appreciate any suggestions....
One point the previous replys miss is the optimzation improvement in uvision. C51 DOS optimizes across modules with many intermediate files. Ever have your system hang and leave a jillion files in your project directory? uvison is true WIN32 which means you can use ALL of memory and virtual memory to optimize across the entire project build. Both code speed and size is greatly improved. If you still have uv51 running, build a medimum size project and then build the same project in uvision2.
Yes, I believe it's all 32-bit now - including the command-line tools C51.exe, A51.exe, etc. So even if you don't use uVision as your front-end, you still escape all those old MS-DOS limitations.