DEBUG.COM included in MS-DOS
DEBUG.COM was a simple, command-line debugger included with early versions of MS-DOS, allowing users to view and modify memory, examine registers, and step through assembly code.
Significance
One of the earliest widely available 'tools' for low-level program analysis, it served as a rudimentary precursor to more advanced debuggers and disassemblers, exposing a generation of users to machine code.
Key facts
- Year
- 1981
- Type
- invention
- Location
- USA (Microsoft)