8. The method of claim 1 in which the action of having the external debugger call the request processing function is based upon recognition of a waiting simulator request.
8. The method of claim 1 in which the action of having the external debugger call the request processing function is based upon recognition of a waiting simulator request. 9. The method of claim 8 in which recognition of the waiting simulator request is based upon a message sent to the external debugger.