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Was it the old VGA/Hercules combination? That was so badass It was also the only way to run dual-screen for a while, since it used a different memory region tha
by DrPhish 12y ago
Was it the old VGA/Hercules combination? That was so badass
It was also the only way to run dual-screen for a while, since it used a different memory region than colour displays. There was literally no way to run multiple colour adapters on the same computer at one point
- th0ma5 12y agoMan I am just not sure. I had a Hercules green screen / more shades than CGA setup myself, but if it helps I do think both of their screens were color. I know Hercules probably did other stuff, but I guess I think monochrome whenever I think about it, heh. I do believe this was the old DOS version, not the Windows version of SoftICE, although when I was over there seemed was just before the time of Windows 95 possibly.
- chinpokomon 12y agoI used the DOS version of SoftICE on a retail Windows 95 machine, to circumvent the upgrade prevention check in Windows 95 OSR2. OSR2 was an OEM only release, but I figured there had to be a way. Setting breakpoints and single stepping through the setup, I discovered that it checked for krnl386.exe. If that for existed, it was considered an upgrade. If you were a clever young hacker, you renamed that file and went ahead with the upgrade.
- biot 12y agoTalk about a blast from the past! Watcom C/C++ with external amber debugging display was the best.
- zwieback 12y agoWatcom was the best - with Dos Extender and 16-32 cross compiler. Worst IDE, though.