JJ> What are you trying to control? In my case, I'm using Delphi to run a
JJ> machine vision system. Basically, I've written some code in C that
JJ> executes on a TMS320C30 DSP based frame grabber. Essentially, this 
JJ> codegrabs an image and analyzes it to provide several pieces of 
JJ> information.The frame grabber comes with a DLL that allows you to 
JJ> request that it do
Adding my 2 cents :)  You could easily use Delphi to call routines in the 
DLL. You can also link in .OBJ files written in other languages so you can do 
some work in C, ASM, etc...Delphi is quite powerful though and you can do 
inline ASM to speed things up or get low level control, so I would expect you 
woudn't have any road blocks in what you want to do. 
JJ> Given a little effort, Delphi makes an ideal control environment. Of
JJ> course, all Windows based software is slow when compared to its DOS
JJ> counterparts, so you have to be careful about the time required to do
JJ> things.
Are we talking Windows 3.1 or Wind95 / NT here? A well written 32 bit APP 
ought do have no problem keeping up with or exceeding a 16 bit app...And, if 
you don't want or need the GUI (which can slow things down) you can right 
console apps that run in the DOS box...but with the multi-threaded nature of 
Win95 and NT, I don't see any problem writting high performance apps. 
Steve
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