New compiler: Lazarus

just looking at all the documents on porting code etc

there is a fair bit of code that will not work the same (but alot that will too)

i think I will need to build a new project from the ground up
I will be able to use some of my existing code OK (e.g dealing with the actual data from the weather station)
here is my chance though to write the program differently too (from what I have learned over the years!)