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We used SoftICE extensively for driver debugging. I seem to remember a pushbutton that slid into the ISA slot to trigger a NMI but now I'm not quite sure anymor
by zwieback 12y ago
We used SoftICE extensively for driver debugging. I seem to remember a pushbutton that slid into the ISA slot to trigger a NMI but now I'm not quite sure anymore if it was SoftICE or Periscope that had that.
- kosma 12y agoI used to trigger NMI by shorting the first two pins on an empty ISA slot with a screwdriver (conveniently NMI and GND); stopped when the screwdriver slipped once. Thankfully nothing died on that day, but the cascade of sparks convinced me to install a proper button. ;)
- markbnj 12y agoSame, but that was all we used it for. I do recall running into some horrible memory issues on another project (Iona's Orbix, but that's another story) and wishing I had SoftICE to tear it apart with. But for most application issues it was overkill. The existing debugging tools (and 3rd party stuff like Bounds Checker) were usually good enough.