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From: ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: MacsBug under A/UX 2.0
Message-ID: <12567@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 17 Mar 91 22:30:48 GMT
References: <119@mishima.mishima.mn.org>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <119@mishima.mishima.mn.org> spencerc@mishima.MN.ORG (Spencer Crum) writes:
>
>I am running A/UX 2.0 on a Mac IIci and can't seem to get MacsBug v6.2b2 to
>come up, even though the docs say it works under A/UX.  All I manage to get
>is a system error when it tries to load.
>
>Which System Folder under A/UX does it go into (can I just put it in my local
>one)?  I've tried putting in it '/mac/sys/System Folder' to no avail.  I've
>tried in both 32- and 24-bit modes.

Hi, I did a quick test, dropped MacsBug 6.2b3 (b2 is also OK) in the 
System Folder under /mac/sys (the one with the Mac picture inside), and
logged in again. It worked OK.

I assume that you try to drop to MacsBug with the NMI button, or programmer's
key. Well, the NMI drops you down to kernel never-never land because it
signals the CPU directly. The trick under A/UX for dropping down to MacsBug
is to press command-control-E (command-control-I) kills the current MultiFinder
process, so if you get jammed, that's the trick).

MacsBug don't understand COFF formats well, so usually MacsBug is used 
for tracing Macintosh binaries running inside the MultiFinder process.
However, things are happening...

>Also, could someone summarize the bugs that were fixed in A/UX 2.0.1?

William, could you please post that file that I sent out earlier for
the A/UX Q&A about A/UX 2.0.1? I typed that stuff with vi, and never
saved a copy for own use...

Regards,
Kent


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