TC++ Utils and mouse problems

[Jihad 'R US]

In article <4029 at isis.UUCP> aburt at isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt) writes:



>I get turbo debugger (td386) to lock up every time, and this is with
>nothing special running (no nansi.sys, etc.).  It is with the same (large)
>program; I haven't tried other code yet.

>I haven't bothered to call them on it, given that they'll just claim
they know nothing about it.  But anyway, it fails for me regularly. :-(

>If anyone out there has other ideas... let's hear em.

I too have had problems using the mouse and td386.  When I move the
mouse after breaking the execution, I get an ' unexpected interrupt'
error, and a register dump.  (eithor error code 0d  or 06)
When I talked to Borland  about the problem, they said that  other
people  had reported the problem, and it might have to do with mouse
incompatibilities.  They said that the mouse must be Microsoft
compatible version 6.0 or higher, or logitech (something) or higher.
FYI, i am using a genius 6000 mouse, driver version 8.08.

>(I did call them with another problem and I am (still) very disappointed
>in Borland's tech support.  On this particular program, using overlays,
>it routinely gets an exception 13 (which is nowhere documented in any
>of the Borland manuals, BTW).  This happens in the startup code, i.e.,
>before main.  Without overlays, it runs fine.  Anyway, tech support says
 < grip about borland tech support>

Exception 13 is a facet of the 386.  It is a General Protection error.
 It could be an attempt by the overlay maneger to do some things and
failing because it is in virtual 8086 mode. ( which alot of EMS
emulators do)  Try disabling the ems, xms, and/or the extended memory
swapping.
  Also, you might want to get a book about the 386 chip to help you
understand it.

Robert B Blair
6600m00n at ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu