Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!apn
From: apn@Apple.COM (Alex Novickis)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Re: Recommendations for remote debugger and monitor for 80x86
Message-ID: <30885@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 17 May 89 01:43:41 GMT
References: <8544@siemens.siemens.com>
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8544@siemens.siemens.com> jrv@demon.siemens.com (James R Vallino) writes:
>
>Any comments or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.  So far I have
>seen ads for a few packages available from: Systems & Software, Datalight,
>and First Systems Corporation.
>
>One main requirement is that hooks are provided so that I can substitute my
>own communications protocol between the remote debugger and the resident
>monitor.  The ones I've seen all use serial channel communications.  This
>will just not cut it for me for a number of reasons.
>

I have used Systems&Software softprobe remote debugger, and although they
give you the source for the targets' rom code, the communication code
is not available for the host system.... well maybe for a price, I never asked.
I have however patched their software to use 57.6K baud successfully

-alex p novickis
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