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Subject: Re: Software Developer's Toolkit.
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Date: Sat, 17-Jan-87 09:12:27 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 17 09:12:27 1987
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Summary: a few nice things + a question of my own

I have a copy of the Software Development System, if this is what you're
referring to.  It includes things such as (from the index) the ability to
compile and link DOS programs under xenix, the lint program, make, SCCS,
the adb program debugger, lex, yacc, a macro processor, as well as fairly
extensive references for assembler and c.

I have my own question:  I have my computer running Xenix System V (ver. 2.00).
It runs at 10 MHz w/ a '287, 640 K on board, and 5 Meg expansion.  I have a
Tandy 3000 with a Tecmar Graphics Master display card (which can emulate an
EGA) and Tandy's EGA compatible monitor.  I keep getting a very odd error:
after every 3 or 4 pages of text, a line of garbage will appear.  As the
screen scrolls, line by line the garbage expands.  After exactly 24 lines have
gone by, the garbage disappears and I can see what I would have seen had the
garbage not been there!  This is the only incompatability I have found with
my system.  I know that it is not due to either the upped speed (the error
appeared running at the intended speed of 8 MHz as well), the memory (don't
ask me why it could possibly be in the memory, but just for your information)
There is the possiblilty that the Graphics Master is not in the EGA mode...
utilities for DOS were included with the board, but not for Xenix.  I would
appreciate any suggestions anyone might have.  By the way, the garbage is in
a very regular pattern....the first character is always a } in red with a 
white background.  After that the squares alternate between black and white
and every once in a while (at constant locations) other inverse-video
characters do appear.  This is quite annoying and I would like to fix it if
possible.

					Sam Southard, Jr.
					genghis!root@csvax.Caltech.Edu.UUCP