Re: SoundBlaster Source Code

Illini1970@aol.com
Mon, 29 Jul 1996 17:38:01 -0400

David Friedman asked:

>>>>>Well, I have an SDK but I'm still printing out the reference manuals and
trying to figure out how to use object but.... What are .gym and .sym files
(I've noticed them but don't know about them) and how does one use them?<<<<<

Hi David. This is from the SDK docs (Tools Book):
*.sym - This is a symbol file, containing symbolic debugging information
which the Swat debugger can use to access the geode's data structures.

And the only reference in the docs to .gym is in the ASM Reference Book.
It just refers to .gym files as generic symbol files.

Bottom line is that "we" don't use them, the debugger does.

>>>>>I have an SDK but I'm still printing out the reference manuals<<<<<
I'm glad there are others out there who would rather read from paper than
from a screen. Especially when it comes to studying unfamiliar material. It
seems that I have 2 or 3 books open at a time when I'm programming ;-)

Hope this helps...

John Howard ;-)