Maybe off-topic: low/no cost Soft-ICE for x86

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Mon Aug 3 02:42:40 1998

>
> Hello, all:
>
> Another crazy project...
>
> While working on my old-DOS decompilation project, I've found that it
> would be handy to have some sort of ICE hardware/software to watch the
> boot-up sequence, examine specific registers, test code fragments, etc....
 
> How about this...how about a virtual PC running under OS/2 or Windows
> NT? ...

How about dosemu under Linux? It's complete enough that we used to load
NDIS drivers and emulate a PC well enough to log into the Novell network
at work and read e-mail, etc., from DOS. I do not know the state of
debugging tools for dosemu, but it's copylefted - you can add in all the
features your schedule permits.

Presumably you can tell it you want an 8088 vs something newer, but I
don't know that for certain. I haven't used it since 1996, so I can't
comment on its current state. Your milage may vary, yadda, yadda, yadda.

-ethan
Received on Mon Aug 03 1998 - 02:42:40 BST