This page presents comments, ideas, and war stories from you and your fellow debuggers.  If you have some comments, ideas, and/or war stories to share, please go to the "Send in your stories" page.  Stories may be edited.  Date shown is the date posted -- and our apologies to those of you who've been waiting around for us to post your stories!

11 Feb 03 -- "Look at the simple stuff first" from Quentin Lewis.

11 Feb 03 -- "A lazy graphics card" from Eddy Carroll.

11 Feb 03 -- A fine software demonstration of "Stimulate, don't simulate" (and "check the plug") from Frederick Hill.

11 Feb 03 -- "Find the feather", also from Frederick Hill.  Here's an application of the debugging rules to playing an adventure game...

 19 Jun 03 -- "Dust off those floppies", from Brian Aust.  The real scoop on floppy disks.

19 Jun 03 -- "Warming up to the problem", from Don Borowski.  Here's a case where measuring while it wasn't failing gave misleading results.

14 Nov 03 -- "A few stories on the theme of Check the Plug", from Nick Coghlan.  Read those appnotes and call that vendor.


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