>This is from the CW for Palm FAQ (http://www.metrowerks.com/pda/palm/faq).
>It's down right now, though. Should be up in a bit.:
>
>...
>
>Emulators, on the other hand, attempt to model the behaviors of the Palm
>devices. This means a single serial port, which the debugger must use to
>communicate with the (emulated) device. Thus, you cannot debug serial code
>using an emulator. On the other hand, since the emulator represents the Palm
>environment closely (running the same ROM as the device), compatibility
>problems caused by differences between emulator and device are rare.
JK,
The part about "...you cannot debug serial code using an emulator" is out of
date and needs to be updated. Using the Palm OS Emulator is an excellent way to
debug serial code as it allows you to use the serial port and a debugger at the
same time.
-- Keith Rollin
-- Palm OS Emulator engineer
