Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watserv1!daemon From: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: MS has NO free support for new SDK Message-ID: <1990Sep30.183013.8917@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Date: 30 Sep 90 18:30:13 GMT References: <37745@ut-emx.uucp> <1990Sep28.180704.17439@wrl.dec.com> Sender: daemon@watserv1.waterloo.edu Organization: University of Waterloo, WATMIMS Research Group Lines: 35 Mark Curtis writes: > I use picked up the 3.0 SDK, and I have already run into this problem. > It's very hard to get questions answered, even simple setup questions. That's why we have the net! :) [Plug: vote YES for comp.windows.ms.prog- rammer!] > I haven't loaded the software on my system yet, because I'm not sure > I'm going to keep it. While in the store I didn't notice that I needed a > second monitor to use the debugger. I am using a PS2 system [...] Or > will I be able to still get real work done with what ever else comes > with SDK? Codeview for Windows requires a second monitor. Due to the design of the PS/2s (thanks IBM!), that means a 8514/A. For those of using industry- standard hardware, a monochrome adapter/monitor package can be had for well under $200. However, both SYMDEB and WDEB386 work with a serial terminal. Now, this isn't as nice as using Codeview, but it certainly works: more than just a few miniapps have been developed with SYMDEB. > Second, how much disk space do I need to install SDK? The Install program says 4.2 MB for a minimal installation (small model only, no help or sample sources) and 11.2 MB for a full version (all memory models, both helps, all sources). It also requires another 1.3 MB for temporary files during installation. At this point I'd like to say that I'm *very* impressed by SDK 3.0, as compared to SDK 2.1. The tools (SDKpaint, Dialog Editor, Font Editor, Resource compiler and so on) are eons better, the API is significantly richer, and the help interface is trule awe-inspiring! I only wish that Microsoft hadn't gone to paperback manuals... [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]