From megalith!errors@uunet.UU.NET Mon May 30 04:04:09 1994 Received: from relay3.UU.NET by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.5) id AA29581; Mon, 30 May 94 04:04:03 PDT Received: from uucp5.uu.net by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA28916; Mon, 30 May 94 07:03:53 -0400 Received: from megalith.UUCP by uucp5.uu.net with UUCP/RMAIL ; Mon, 30 May 1994 07:04:01 -0400 Received: by megalith.miami.fl.us (AmigaSmail3.3) id <04l7@megalith.miami.fl.us>; Mon, 30 May 1994 03:13:37 EDT Return-Path: Sender: overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us Errors-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Warnings-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (CSAA-Submissions) Reply-To: Message-Number: 838 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce X-Newssoftware: CSAA NMS 1.2 From: Douglas Sears (CSAA) Subject: WinkBug hardware debugging aid Message-Id: Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 03:13:35 -0400 (EDT) Status: RO TITLE WinkBug DESCRIPTION "Debugging Code was Never Easier" WinkBug(tm) consists of a small 2-line by 16-character LCD display that can help you to debug programs more rapidly and to be more productive. It comes installed in a 3-position parallel port switchbox for added convenience. All 25 positions are switched. As you may be aware, certain types of programs do not lend themselves very well to the use of a debugger. The program may be automatically loaded by the operating system, and not give you any way to "attach" the debugger. Even if this is not a concern, the debugging software itself may change the environment enough so that the program no longer behaves in quite the same way as when the debugger isn't present. WinkBug will solve these problems by virtue of being almost "invisible" to both the OS and the program being tested. Your program may write debugging messages to the WinkBug display by means of software contained in the wink.library. There is even a built-in beeper that responds to the ASCII BEL character. The display speed is fast enough for all but the most time critical code: 40us/char. The code in wink.library is very tight as well. WinkBug will be useful in debugging device drivers, libraries, handlers, interrupt service routines, and many more difficult pieces of code. Utilities are provided so that you may redirect Software Alerts to WinkBug or watch task-switching in real time (only 7% overhead). Enforcer support is also provided. Although there are debugging applications where a full ANSI terminal is indispensable, you will find that for many uses, WinkBug will function just as well, with the additional benefits of taking up almost no space and drawing a negligible 10mw of power. Even if a full ANSI terminal is available where you normally work, you will find WinkBug indispensable for debugging code in the field. It is even possible to build hooks for WinkBug display routines into your code, along with special access codes. You could then send the WinkBug hardware to a customer a continent away for remote debugging. Imagine the possibilities! SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WinkBug is plug compatible with all models of Amiga computers except the A1000. No external power needed. PRICE US$54 + shipping. Shipping is $5 in the U.S. and Canada. Others please call. COMPANY The Puzzle Factory, Inc. P.O. Box 986 Veneta, OR 97487 (800) 828-9952 - Orders only (503) 935-3709 - Questions/support Internet: jlavin@efn.org OTHER WinkBug and Wink Display are trademarks of The Puzzle Factory, Inc. Amiga is a registered trademark of Commodore-Amiga, Inc. SUBMITTER Doug Sears . I work with The Puzzle Factory, and submitted this at their request. -- Read all administrative posts before putting your post up. Mailing list: announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu. Comments to CSAA2@megalith.miami.fl.us. MAIL ALL COMP.SYS.AMIGA.ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO announce@cs.ucdavis.edu.