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    From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Wed Aug 9 23:33:39 2023
    Re: Debugging 16 bit dos programs
    By: Digital Man to Nelgin on Fri Jul 21 2023 12:27:46

    I've been looking for a utility that will let me step through a dos program and look at the instructions while also being able to see what is displayed on the screen. I've not had much luck in finding anything that'll do the job and open to suggestions if anyone knows of something that'll do the job.

    debug.exe is included with MS-DOS, isn't it?

    I don't think that also shows you the program running in real time along with the debug lines.
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nelgin on Wed Aug 9 22:36:17 2023
    Re: Debugging 16 bit dos programs
    By: Nelgin to Digital Man on Wed Aug 09 2023 11:33 pm

    Re: Debugging 16 bit dos programs
    By: Digital Man to Nelgin on Fri Jul 21 2023 12:27:46

    I've been looking for a utility that will let me step through a dos program and look at the instructions while also being able to see what is displayed on the screen. I've not had much luck in finding anything that'll do the job and open to suggestions if anyone knows of something that'll do the job.

    debug.exe is included with MS-DOS, isn't it?

    I don't think that also shows you the program running in real time along with the debug lines.

    It lets you set break points, examine registers, memory, stack. Those are the pretty standard features of a debugger. "Debug lines" aren't really a standard thing, certainly MS-DOS had no such concept.
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