Accession Number:

AD0780530

Title:

An Interactive Debugger for Software and Firmware,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MITRE CORP BEDFORD MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Gasser,M.

Report Date:

1974-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

A program for interactively debugging software and firmware on an Intercomputer i-50 minicomputer is described. Two processors sharing a common memory are used. The debugger is controlled by standard firmware in one processor, and the firmware and software to be debugged run under the other processor. By inserting a small defined routine into the firmware to be debugged, the debugger has control of the other processor, yet is practically invisible to it. Author

Descriptors:

• *MICROPROGRAMMING
• *MINICOMPUTERS
• MEMORY DEVICES
• INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING
• CONTROL SEQUENCES
• INSTRUCTION MANUALS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Hardware

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE