Microsoft KB Archive/38865

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Cannot Use /2 Switch for Dual-Monitor Debugging on PS/2

Article ID: 38865

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2003



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft CodeView 4.1
  • Microsoft CodeView 3.0
  • Microsoft CodeView 3.0
  • Microsoft CodeView 3.0
  • Microsoft CodeView 4.0
  • Microsoft CodeView 4.01
  • Microsoft CodeView 4.01
  • Microsoft CodeView 4.1
  • Microsoft CodeView 3.0
  • Microsoft CodeView 3.05
  • Microsoft CodeView 3.06
  • Microsoft CodeView 3.07
  • Microsoft CodeView 4.0
  • Microsoft CodeView 4.01
  • Microsoft CodeView 4.1



This article was previously published under Q38865

SUMMARY

To use the /2 switch to enable dual-monitor debugging in CodeView, your computer must be equipped with a monochrome display (MDA) and a color display (CGA/EGA/VGA). Monochrome display adapters are not generally available for the IBM PS/2 computers because they come with built-in VGAs or MDAs, but not both. This means that dual-monitor debugging is usually not possible on a PS/2 system.

This is a hardware issue and not a CodeView limitation; therefore, when hardware vendors start selling MDAs that can be added to PS/2 systems with built-in VGAs, then CodeView dual-monitor debugging will be available on the PS/2.


Additional query words: kbinf 2.20 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.10

Keywords: kbbug kb16bitonly kbdebug KB38865