1987 13.02 1989

Vol.13 n°2 (#136) february 1988

Vol.13 n°2 (#136) february 1988

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p.6 EDITORIAL (p.57 in reprint volume 13)

p.6 EDITORIAL (p.57 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Tyler Sperry] #Edito

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

ARTICLES

p.18 Debugging with the 80386 (p.61 in reprint volume 13)

p.18 Debugging with the 80386 (p.61 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Franklin Grossman]

The protected mode of the 80386 offers extended software I/O controls which were previously only available through hardware debuggers. Frank shows you how to use the 386’s registers and other features to provide advanced debugging support.

p.30 A Serial Protocol Analyzer (p.65 in reprint volume 13)

p.30 A Serial Protocol Analyzer (p.65 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Craig Lindley]

Craig’s SPA offers a slick way to use your PC to visually monitor data flow and handshaking between serial devices.

COLUMNS

COLUMNS

p.92 (p.82) C CHEST (p.91 in reprint volume 13)

p.92 (p.82) C CHEST (p.91 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Allen Holub]

Allen talks about the process of storing and reclaiming program variables using configuration files, followed by a discussion of the merits of awk as a C text query engine.

p.100 (p.84) STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (p.96 in reprint volume 13)

p.100 (p.84) STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (p.96 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Kent Porter]

Kent offers some methods for handling DOS critical errors in Turbo Pascal.

p.108 (p.86) THE FORTH COLUMN (p.99 in reprint volume 13)

p.108 (p.86) THE FORTH COLUMN (p.99 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Martin Tracy]

Martin ruminates on the year that was in the Forth estate, and closes with a discussion of how to deal with stream I/O.

REVIEWS

REVIEWS

p.116 EXAMINING ROOM (p.103 in reprint volume 13)

p.116 EXAMINING ROOM (p.103 in reprint volume 13)

[author : coordinated by Ron Copeland]

Products examined from the programmer’s perspective. This months selections include: The Norton Guides, XO-Shell, MASM 5.0, Soft-Scope V2.55, and CheckMate.

FORUM

FORUM

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.58 in reprint volume 13)

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.58 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Tyler Sperry]

p.8 ARCHIVES (p.58 in reprint volume 13)

p.8 ARCHIVES (p.58 in reprint volume 13)

p.12 LETTERS (p.59 in reprint volume 13)

p.12 LETTERS (p.59 in reprint volume 13)

[author : you]

p.144 SWAINE’S FLAMES (p.112 in reprint volume 13)

p.144 SWAINE’S FLAMES (p.112 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Michael Swaine]

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

p.129 ADVERTISER INDEX: (not in reprint volume 13)

p.129 ADVERTISER INDEX: (not in reprint volume 13)

Where to go for more information on products mentioned in DDJ.

p.138 OF INTEREST (p.110 in reprint volume 13)

p.138 OF INTEREST (p.110 in reprint volume 13)

Product news for the programming community