UO> NS> When I have that problem, I send status messages to the COM 
  UO> port NS> and hook up the laptop over there.  Makes it easy to 
  UO> make sure NS> threads are terminating properly. 
  UO> 
  UO> Ouch!  This is all too much!!  Forget the cacophony, there's a 
  UO> better way! 
  UO> 
  UO> Just write a program that uses a named pipe to communicate with 
  UO> the PM session.  You can then send debugging trace strings from 
  UO> the PM session.  Instant debugger!  There's a program, PMPRINTF, 
  UO> that does all this, but it is 16-bit. 
 
Ouch!  did you say named pipe???? AHHHHH help! help! abandon ship!  (I hate
those things.)  I think I'll stick with my COM port echo for now. :)

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