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The OX.SYS program is in the public domain. It is distributed as
is and there is no support for it. Use it at your own risk.
Debugging Windows applications usually requires the use of a
separate terminal attached to the AUX device. DOS usually opens
the first COM device as AUX for every process it loads. Windows
takes advantage of this by writing debug information to device
AUX. This debug information can greatly aid in debugging a
program.
Unfortunately, not all of us have a debugging terminal or can
afford the cost of an additional PC or terminal. Although this
is the preferred method, OX.SYS was developed to help eliminate
this need.
OX.SYS will redirect output/input to/from the AUX device to the
MDA display attached to your system. Since a monochrome monitor
is basicly a requirement for development (Execpt for programmers
that develop on a PS/2).
OX.SYS will only work on systems that have two display adaptors.
Since you cannot have two monocrome adaptors in the same system,
One monitor must be MDA and the other can be anything that
windows supports.
INSTALLATION:
Simply put DEVICE=[drive][path]OX.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file.
To test if the device is working properly type:
DIR > AUX
at the DOS prompt. You should see a directory display on your monochrome
monitor.
WINDOWS 2.xx :
OX.SYS was developed for this environment and works fine.
WINDOWS 3.0 :
Input from the AUX device is currently broken. This might be
corrected at a later date, output however, functions fine.