NuMega announces SoftICE for Windows NT; Provides visibility, control and advanced debugging support for Windows NT; SoftICE for Windows NT allows developers to penetrate the Windows NT system barriers and debug faults on demand.NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1996--Responding to the growing number of software developers selecting Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. as their development platform, NuMega Technologies Inc., the worldwide leader in error detection and advanced debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. for the Windows operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , today announced SoftICE, the Advanced Windows Debugger Software that helps a programmer debug a program by stopping at certain breakpoints and displaying various programming elements. The programmer can step through source code statements one at a time while the corresponding machine instructions are being executed. for Windows NT. SoftICE for Windows NT is a tool that gives developers unmatched debugging power, control and visibility into the depths of the Windows NT operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . As the only solution that enables kernel-mode debugging on one machine, SoftICE allows developers to control the whole Windows NT system and debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. all application and system modules, solving difficult problems that would otherwise degrade TO DEGRADE, DEGRADING. To, sink or lower a person in the estimation of the public. 2. As a man's character is of great importance to him, and it is his interest to retain the good opinion of all mankind, when he is a witness, he cannot be compelled to disclose software quality or prevent on-time shipment. "Most of the Windows software we develop involves high-performance code that needs to cooperate elegantly with the operating system," stated Douglas Whiting, VP of Technology, Stac Electronics Stac Electronics was an engineering company founded in 1984 by four friends at Caltech. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, the company developed interesting hardware and software technology, but struggled financially, until the release of Stacker disk compression software in . "Windows NT protection features and system barriers have put many obstacles in our development path. With SoftICE, our developers can now penetrate the Windows NT system barriers and access critical areas that are simply inaccessible to conventional tools. This is remarkable -- Windows NT is no longer a "black box." SoftICE for Windows NT is just what the software development community needs to take the locks off of Windows NT development." In a separate press release today, NuMega also announced BoundsChecker 4.0, the first error detection tool to support Microsoft's ActiveX Technologies. It features Smart Debugging -- the integration of BoundsChecker into the Visual C++ debugger which allows developers to immediately fix errors that have been detected. SoftICE For Windows NT - The Advanced Windows Debugger SoftICE for Windows NT is designed for expert Windows developers who need to penetrate the surface and probe the depths of Windows NT. SoftICE blasts through the Windows NT system barriers and takes developers into the depths to help them understand and solve difficult problems. "SoftICE is the perfect debugger because it stays out of the way until it is needed, then jumps to the rescue the moment it is called upon," stated Steve Gibson, president of Gibson Research Corp. "It helps me to understand what is going on in systems I did not design, and to find the problems with the ones I did. I've used it exclusively for the development of my commercial SpinRite and ChromaZone products, and I am using it today during work on a third. I can't imagine having a better partner than SoftICE." SoftICE provides developers with powerful, system-wide object search, identification and event monitoring In computer science, event monitoring is the process of collecting, analyzing, and signalling event occurrences to subscribers such as operating system processes, active database rules as well as human operators. capabilities and can debug applications directly on the retail version of Windows NT. SoftICE delivers On Demand Debugging by installing as a Windows NT boot device driver or system device driver, and monitors events system wide. When a program causes a fault or exception, Windows NT stops only the errant process and allows the rest of the system to continue running. With On Demand Debugging, SoftICE freezes the entire system when a fault or exception occurs, thus preserving the valuable system state information that would otherwise be lost. This feature is invaluable when debugging complex software interaction problems such as thread deadlocks and timing anomalies. SoftICE for Windows NT debugs all Win32 and Win16 applications and DLLs, all Windows NT boot and system device drivers, as well as all DOS programs, including DOS extender Software that is combined with a DOS application to allow it to run in extended memory (beyond 1MB). To gain access to extended memory, it runs the application in Protected Mode. When the application requests DOS services, the DOS extender either handles them itself or, with functions applications. Developers can also perform remote debugging Remote debugging is the process of debugging a program running on a system different than the debugger. To start remote debugging, debugger connects to a remote system over a network. over a dial-up connection. SoftICe for Windows NT is also the first commercially available development tool to support Intel's new MMX technology MMX technology - Matrix Math eXtensions . "The release of SoftICE for Windows NT is an exciting event," stated Ed Dekker, of Eclectic Engineering -- an NT device driver consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . "Based on past NuMega products, this will be a big win for the NT developer." SoftICE for Windows NT is available for $699. Special pricing for existing customers is available, as are corporate site license options. NuMega -- The Leader In Error Detection And Advanced Debugging Tools NuMega Technologies Inc., headquartered in Nashua, N.H., is the pioneer and recognized leader in the development of automatic error detection and advanced Windows debugging tools. To date, the company has provided error detection solutions to more than 75,000 users in businesses, governments and industries worldwide. NuMega's award-winning solutions substantially improve software quality and increase productivity for Windows developers. NuMega's SoftICE, introduced in 1987, was the industry's first software-based alternative to ICE emulation hardware, and is now available for Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. . BoundsChecker 4.0 is available in Professional and Standard Editions for the Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems. BoundsChecker Professional Edition, which recently received the `1995 Star Tech' award from Windows Tech Journal and the `1996 Readers Choice' award from Visual Basic Programmers Journal, is available now. The list price is $999 with special introductory pricing of $499. BoundsChecker Standard Edition is available now, and the list price is $299. Upgrades for existing customers are available, as are corporate site license options. For further information, contact NuMega Technologies Inc. at 1-800-4NUMEGA (1-800-468-6342); fax 603-889-1135; email: info@numega.com; or on the World Wide Web at www.numega.com. CONTACT: NuMega Technologies Inc. Bob O'Brien, 603/889-2386 e-mail: bobrien@numega.com or The Weber Group Kristen Holmes, 617/520-7058 kholmes@webergroup.com |
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