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From: nee@cf_su14.Salomon.Com (Robert Nee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: DEBUGGING TERMINAL
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Date: 9 Nov 90 14:14:23 GMT
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In article <395@goya.dit.upm.es>, churti@greco.dit.upm.es (Francisco
Gutierrez de Churtichaga) writes:
> 
>   I am in the proccess of setting up the SDK in my computer I have a doubt:
> 
>   Suppose I have a mono card with monitor in order to use CVW, I am running
> the debugging version of windows....
> 
>   The AUX device to which the debugging version of windows directs error
> messages: Does it has to be a serial terminal?,  Can I use the mono screen 
> for its output?, What is the AUX device exactly?


AUX is synonymous with COM1.  In the debugging version of windows any time
windows senses an error (invalid handles NULL pointers) it does a stack dump
to the AUX device.  The problem with this is that if you don't have a terminal
hooked up to this device windows will not let you proceed.  YOU MUST REBOOT!
Even some commercial "bug free" applications will do this.  Fortunatly I have
a very small device drive that redirects AUX output to the second monitor.
So the answer is YES you can get away with two monitors.  I will post this 
device driver (OX.SYS)

Robert Nee