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Re: _Debugger trap failure

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From: Dale Carstensen
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1986 23:28
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>      You see, Apple doesn't really have an $a9ff (_debugger) trap.  They fake
> it in the debugger.  I think it only works with the new 5.* series MacsBugs.
> I was using a Mac+ with MacNub A debugged by a 128K Mac running MacDB A.
1. Unrelated, but this message was in the news here 5 times, including 3 in
   a row!
2. In fairness to Apple, who I am certainly willing to criticize when they
   blow it, you must admit the documentation that said to use $a9ff and not
   a 1111 trap was not for MacDB and MacNub, it was for the current version
   of MacsBug.  Only.
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From: dlc@lanl.ARPA (Dale Carstensen)
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Subject: Re: _Debugger trap failure
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Date: Sat, 26-Jul-86 19:28:46 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 26 19:28:46 1986
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