On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 03:29:10, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Certainly. But I'm not actually eager to do it, because it sounds like
>very hard work for me. Especially as I lack the development tools.
>Tony probably has debuggers that work over a serial link
Definitely. The early non-working SMSQ for the Q40 I got came with that
- well before the screen driver was working. In many ways, that ROM
version would be the best to use when hardware testing the boards, as TT
still does nothing at all on screen during the startup, other than clear
the screen (8-(# On-screen data during boot is a very major help when
repairing std QLs.
Even nicer were the first strings I saw on my terminal screen:
ATZ
ATDT<TTs telephone number>
... and then, after a keypress I forget (maybe just ENTER), signs of
QMON loading and the command line.
.... so he even caters for remote debugging.
> and such,
>something when trying to write a new screen driver is no bad thing...
>I would probably have to implement it into QPC first, there I have
>better chances to debug.
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