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From: jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman)
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Subject: Re: Re: Disassembler wanted
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Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 09:23:05 EST
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm looking for a disassembler to run on a PC under DOS.  Anyone got a public
> > > domain one they could send me?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Bob
> >  
> >  The  U  command of the msdos debugger will do this.
> >  
> >  John
> >  ....!watmath!watcgl!jchapman
> 
> Technically correct. The U command does disassemble. However it has no
> symbolic replacment capabilities nor any ability to store disassembled
> code into a disk file.  Trying to browse unfamiliar code in Debug is
> onerous at best since there is no scrolling and only limited search capability.
> I tried to use Debug to figure how to make GRAPHICS.COM work with my Epson
> RX-80. It's only about 800 bytes long but it wasn't any fun.
> 
> There's got to be something better around!
> 
> George
> !{cbosgd, decvax, harpo, ihnp4}!utcs!mnetor!george
 
  This has been pointed out to me by others - so yes I probably
  should have realized that something more powerful was desired.
  In defence of debug though, I personally don't find it onerous
  to use (in fact I know someone who corrected bugs in the original
  distribution of edlin quite rapidly using debug) and on many
  ocasions I would think that debug's ability to dynamically
  monitor the code behaviour might tell you a lot more about the
  code than an offline disassembler with symbolic replacement    
  capabilities (although both programs/features would obviously
  be superior to just one or the other).  You should be able to
  store disassembled code to a disk file by redirecting stdout
  (if you have > dos 2.0).
  
  John