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From:	chrismac AT midland DOT co DOT nz (Chris McFarlane)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: fsdbXXX.zip - dual monitor/video mode
Date:	Fri, 06 Oct 95 20:32:37 GMT
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In article <DFx8AE DOT 4EA AT jade DOT mv DOT net>, car AT wwa DOT com (Chris A. Rodgers) wrote:
 >I also noticed that it was mentioned in docs or an index somewhere, but 
 >is NOT on the oak.oakland.edu site in the SimTel/vendors/djgpp with the
 >rest of the package.  Was this contributed package discontinued?
 >
 
I picked up a copy from ftp.delorie.com (or URL ftp://ftp.delorie.com) a 
few months back; dig around in there.

My version supports dual monitor mode, ie debug text to B/W monitor 
simultaneously with graphics to SVGA monitor. It would be useful if fsdb could 
be reconfigured to use two msdos boxes in windows; the debug text going to one 
dos box, simultaneously with the graphics output to another windows dos box  - 
switchable between dos box window and fullscreen.

Has anyone achieved this already, and if so would you be willing to make the 
solution available ? If this hasn't been solved, what would be required and 
what problems could occur ?

I toyed with the use of dwm121 or bigdesk - multiple virtual screen utilities 
for windows, available in simtel mirrors path .../win3/desktop, but that 
offers no solution. Some combination of this and/or the multiple dos box idea 
seems a likley solution.

Wouldn't it be nice if <insert 'dream on visions' here> debugging didn't 
require two monitors in the new world of multitasking operating systems.
I haven't the facilties to do _windows_ programming myself, isn't that a swear 
word around djgpp circles ?

maybe oneday :-)

Chris

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