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- From: poffen@rushmore (Russ Poffenberger)
- Subject: Re: TDW and Video Drv
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.202849.25328@sj.ate.slb.com>
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- References: <1992Aug29.225324.6163@rose.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 20:28:49 GMT
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- barry.rosetti@rose.com (barry rosetti) writes:
- :
- : Date Entered: 08-29-92 18:41
- : P(> >Has anyone had problems running Borland C++ 3.1 Turbo Debugger
- : P(> >for Windows using certain video drivers? I spent a couple
- : P(> >of hours fighting with TDW last night before I realized it
- : P(> >was the video driver. If I use any of the drivers that
- : P(> >came with my Ultra Graphics Board or the 8514 driver that
- : P(> >came with Windows 3.1, TDW will not only bomb out (ie. lock
- : P(> >up the system) but when I try to cancel the task with Cntl-Alt-Del,
- : P(> >it gives me a GPF and brings me back to the DOS prompt.
- :
- : Yes, I ran into the same problem BUT...
- : Here's a quote from the readme file about TDW and the DLL drivers:
- :
- : From time to time we have new DLLs for new video cards. These DLLs,
- : when available, can be downloaded from Compuserve, BIX, GEnie, and our
- : local BBS (408-439-9096). As new video cards and modes appear on the
- : market, we will be creating new DLLs for them. If the card you use
- : isn't supported by one of our DLLs, please contact Tech Support for
- : the latest video DLL information. Our main Tech Support phone number
- : is 408-461-9133.
- :
- : I downloaded the latest drivers and lo and behold TDW worked.
- :
-
- Right. What you have to remember is that TDW basically writes directly to the
- video card. It must do this in order to work properly. You can't use Windows
- API services from within the debugger, it just won't work in the Windows
- environment.
-
- Because of this, you need a dll for each different kind of chipset, such
- as Et4000, S3, etc.
-
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