From: J P Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: SoftICE question
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:31:23 +0000
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Victor wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 26 Jan 1998 11:34:23 +0000, J P Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net> wrote:
> 
> >Victor wrote:
> >>
> >> Did anyone tried to debug DJGPP programs with SoftICE from NuMega ?
> >> They claim their product SoftIce for Windows NT can debug (source-code
> >> level) DOS protected mode applications.
> >> I'm interested to know if that software is really useful.
> >
> >I've never tried using it with DJGPP programs, (mostly we use a
> >proprietary PM-debugger at work), but it is an incredibly useful for
> >debugging real-mode OS kernels as they boot.
> >
> >First I ever heard of it was that it was used by Andrew Schulman to
> >disasseble Windows-95 in his excellent book, Unauthorised Windows 95.
> >So it ought to work.
> >
> >I'd use the DOS version if I were you, because NT is secure to the point
> >of being unusable.
> >Soft-Ice for NT sounds like softice with most of its guts removed.
> >
> AFAIK SoftIce for DOS doesn't support extended DOS programs :(

OK,OK,OK.  Use S-ICE for Windows 95 then, as that still seems able to
run in DOS as well.  We have several versions here.
But I still have my doubts about the NT version.

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