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From: sedwards@esunix.UUCP (Scott Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Looking for 286 protected mode debugger
Message-ID: <700@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 88 16:20:11 GMT
References: <125@smc1.UUCP>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah
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in article <125@smc1.UUCP>, hendel@smc1.UUCP (Ariel Hendel) says:
> 
> Does anyone know of a debugger suitable for the 80286 protected mode?
> 
> It is intended for a stand-alone application being developed in a 286 based
> machine. All I was able to find so far was expensive hardware based 
> emulators.


I an under the impression that doing a protected mode '286 software debugger
is impossible because of the protection.  I think Intel made a special
pin-out version of the '286 for hardware emulators that allows them to
circumvent the protection for debugging purposes.


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