[Coco] debugging in MESS

[David Roper]

Sounds like I need to compile MESS.. which I don't have the stuff for.. 
anyone have a precompiled version handy?

Kind Regards,

David Roper

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Robert Gault wrote:
> David Roper wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> What's the best way to debug assembly code, when developing using 
>> MESS? I'd rather not have to fire up JVC's emulator just for the 
>> debugger!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> David
>>
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> Kind of depends on what your goals are. If you are equipped to compile 
> MESS from the source code, you can create a version of MESS with a 
> debugger similar to the one in the JVC emulator. That probably is 
> better at debugging MESS than something running in emulation.
>
> Even with the distributed versions of MESS, you can still debug Basic 
> or OS-9 programs just as you would do that on a real Coco. Basic has 
> the commands TRON & TROFF, EDTASM has a built-in debugger, and OS-9 
> also has the command debug which is part of the NitrOS-9 distribution.
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