Does anyone else who is reading this still use the DEC
SD: (Symbolic Debugger) under RT-11?
I have been spending some time, of late, becoming
more familiar with this software and I have noticed a
few areas which could use some improvements. This
post is in respect of version Y01.16 which runs under
the most recent versions of RT-11, and in particular
the SDHX.SYS variant which runs under a Mapped
RT-11 Monitor.
The two major aspects that could use some improvement
are to reduce the Low Memory required from 1124 words
to perhaps half that requirement. The second is a lack of
a history capability. Doing so will certainly require the use
of additional Extended Memory beyond the 8192 bytes
already in use and that is probably the major obstacle to
overcome. One other aspect that might possibly be changed
is the fact that the SDHX.SYS variant freezes RT-11 when
the user is at the DBG> prompt. While that is a major
problem, I don't know if there is a solution which would
allow the user to unfreeze the system and allow other jobs
to execute.
As for the Symbolic Debugger capabilities that are available
under RSX-11, in particular with respect to programs
with overlays which the DEC Symbolic Debugger under
RSX-11 is reported to posses - even before the overlay
is loaded, that may also be possible if there is sufficient
need under RT-11.
I would appreciate a response from anyone who still uses
SD: under RT-11, especially under a Mapped RT-11
Monitor and most definitely from anyone who uses the
version Y01.16 which DEC limits to certain versions of
RT-11, but which is capable of supporting debugging under
versions of RT-11 at least as far back as V05.03 of RT-11.
Jerome Fine