mguyott@mirror.UUCP (Marc Guyott) (01/03/90)
Before leaving on vacation I replied to sshirk@usrsa-major.SPDCC.COM who
had sent me mail regarding debuggers for the MS Windows environment. I came
back from vacation today and found that the mail I had sent had bounced. I
hope this is not too late to be of some help.
Marc
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 89 13:03:11 EST
From: harvard!prism.TMC.COM!mguyott (Marc Guyott)
Message-Id: <8912221803.AA12782@prism.TMC.COM>
To: harvard!scubed!emdeng!sshirk@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM
Subject: Re: Windows debuggers
> - Are you using Windows 286 or 386? I thought the Periscope people said
> it only supports Windows/286, but it doesn't say that in their info.
> Also, what version are you using? The info I have says it supports
> 1.03 and 2.03, but we have 2.1. (We also have both /286 and /386).
We use only Windows 2.1/286. We have a copy of the 386 version of Windows
but I have never tried to use periscope with it.
> - Do you still need the board that comes with Periscope I? Is that board
> only used to provide extra memory for the debugger s/w and symbol table?
Although it is true that the Periscope I board is used only for the debugger
software and the symbol tables I highly recommend getting it. Using the
Periscope I board means that Periscope will not use any of the memory normally
available to DOS and Windows and it protects the debugger software from random
memory overwrites. Without the Periscope I board the Periscope debugger is
the same as the Codeview debugger. With the Periscope I board it is much more
useful then Codeview (even with expanded (or is it extended?) memory). IMHO
> - Does MagicCVW work with either Windows/286 or /386? The person I talked
> to there said she thought it only worked with /386, but she might have
> thought I meant the PC.
MagicCVW only work on 386 machines so she probably did think you meant the PC.
I do not know if MagicCVW works with Windows 386. It probably does not as you
have to install a specific memory manager that works in cooperation with
MagicCVW. But I could be wrong.
I hope this helps. Enjoy the holidays. I'm out of here for 10 days! If you
run into any problems or have any questions feel free to drop me a line.
Marc
P.S. Technical support at Periscope (Bret Salter) is excellent!