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Article #1042Re: .com and .exe files
From: Jim
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:29
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:29
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In article 14690@umr.edu, mcastle@cs.umr.edu (Michael R Castle) writes: > >[Original description of 64k limit for .com code deleted] > >Question: Can't com files use more than 64k? Once the program is going, >you can pretty much do what ever you want with the segment registers, and >request more memory, and access the full 640 k. I seem to remember a while >back that someone wrote a program (forth interpreter, if I remember >correctly) that is a .com file, but isn't limited by 64k. The previous poster wasn't saying that .com files couldn't use more than 64k, he was saying that the actual code couldn't be >64k. Jim.
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Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!digex.com!intercon!udel!louie!newsserver.jvnc.net!gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!sunic!ericom!etlxd10h!etljmme From: etljmme@etlxd30.ericsson.se (Jim) Subject: Re: .com and .exe files Message-ID: <1993Jan27.172938.4327@ericsson.se> Sender: news@ericsson.se Nntp-Posting-Host: etlxd10h.ericsson.se Reply-To: etljmme@etlxd30.ericsson.se Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB References: <1993Jan27.114320.14690@umr.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:29:38 GMT Lines: 14