Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!ihnp4!cbmvax!eric
From: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WACK, where to get it?
Message-ID: <3922@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 88 17:40:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.3922
References: <153@sigma3.luth.se>
Reply-To: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <153@sigma3.luth.se>  writes:
>When I recently started to read about how to debug a program on
>the Amiga I've come across references to a program called "WACK".
>
>But I've never seen where I could get hold to a copy of it and that
>is my problem.

WACK and many other useful AMIGA software development tools will soon be
available from CATS (most likely) RSN - or at least PSN (Pretty Soon Now).
When it is available I'm sure it'll announced in AmigaMail and/or the net.
There are a lot of preliminary, buggy, incomplete versions floating around.
Also, a mini WACK called ROMWack is in the AMIGA ROM.

>And now a few questions about WACK 
>
>Is it PD or shareware or is it a commercial product and if it is
>what's the price?

It is (or will be) a commercial product available from Commodore (see
above).  The price has yet to be determined.

>Is it a good 'symbolic' debugger or is there something better on the market.
>(I program in C using Lattice V4.0)

It is a symbolic debugger.  And it has macro capability.  SDB is a good
source-level avalable from MANX.

>> Karl <
>
>PS.  I've used the ROMWack and it didn't give me answers to all the
>     questions I have.

You have further questions about ROMWack?  Send 'em in!

-- 
Eric Cotton
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