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- This is the May 1990 edition of the Quaid Analyzer. It contains
- a number of improvements not in the manual.
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- The Instruction display now shows the instructions for the 80386
- processor. Also, when running on an 80386, the full 32 bits of
- the registers appear on the register display. If you are
- running the exercise on page 21 of the manual on an 80386
- system, you have to push the cursor up key one more time than
- shown in the manual each time you go to the sp register.
-
- The CMOS Display has been replaced by a screen labeled
- Configuration, invoked by selecting the Config function at the
- menu. At the Configuration display, you can change the contents
- of your CMOS. The help function, reached with the F1 key, tells
- you the keystrokes to change the CMOS. When you have pressed
- Ins to start editing, the next depression of the Enter key
- writes the edited values back to the CMOS.
-
- We have added a screen labeled POS Auxiliary to display the POS
- (configuration registers) on micro-channel systems, and a Debug
- Auxiliary to display the debug registers on 80386 systems.
-
- The read file function is a common source of mistakes. You have
- to set the file-origin before reading a file. Otherwise, your
- file will be read into location zero, overwriting the interrupt
- cells and requiring you to reboot your computer.
-
- The colors can now all be changed to white with a single
- keystroke. Just move the cursor to the Screen line, then press
- the W key.
-
- Quaid Analyzer now saves the contents of the screen buffer for
- all ega and vga modes. It does not save the palette
- information, so programs using the palette may have their colors
- altered.
-
- The stack display now shows the first few words accessible from
- ss:bp as well as those following ss:sp.
-
- We show the status of the shift keys on the Main Menu. This is
- because Quaid Analyzer occasionally thinks that the shift keys
- are depressed, even when they are not, with the result that you
- can not use the function keys. When the Main Menu shows an
- erroneous shift key, press and release both shift keys to
- correct the situation. We can not correct this through
- programming, because it happens after an unavoidable loss of a
- keyboard interrupt during entry into Quaid Analyzer.
-
- Quaid Analyzer is too big for some programs that themselves use
- most of the memory. We have included a small version of Quaid
- Analyzer, called qsmall.com, with most of the luxuries removed
- that occupies only 47k bytes. To install this one in permanent
- memory, type qsmall, patch at least one interrupt and press the
- F7 key, or use the DOS command qsmall with an interrupt number.
- There is no menu in qsmall, and it does not save the screen
- buffer, so whenever you return to the user program, the screen
- will be blank.
-
- A few computers can not use Quaid Analyzer because of an
- irregular keyboard handler in the BIOS. The version qsmall
- should run even on those computers, since qsmall recognizes only
- the keys that were on the old 83 key keyboard.
-
- Quaid Analyzer can be installed by using the DOS command:
- qa 5
- telling Quaid Analyzer to install itself with interrupt 5
- patched, and return immediately to the DOS prompt. In the new
- version on this diskette, it is possible to patch more than one
- interrupt at the time of installation, so you can give the DOS
- command:
- qa 5 15
- to install Quaid Analyzer with interrupts 5 and 15 (hex)
- patched.
-
- On computers equipped with an Intel 8088 processor running at
- 4.77 Megahertz, the silent proxy can not be used on interrupt 8
- (timer). The processor is too slow.
-
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- All products listed above or revisions to your
- existing Quaid software are available from
- Quaid Software Ltd. by calling (416) 961-8243
- with your credit card or by printing and
- sending the order form below with payment to:
-
- Quaid Software Limited
- 45 Charles Street East Third Floor
- Dept. 780
- Toronto Ontario M4Y 1S2
-
- * When ordering revisions, cut off the top of
- the original master diskette including the
- label and return it with your order. This
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- going through customs.
-
- All checks from outside of the U.S. and
- Canada must be drawn on a US bank account.
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