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In article <9210061742.AA05172@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu> STDN%MARIST@VM.MARIST.EDU (Dan Newcombe) writes:
>What I want to do is this:
>  Generate pure 80x86 code from a compiler that could be used without
>DOS.  I don't want stuff like INT 21 and all of those functions.
>
>Can this be done with any compilers out there?  Or do I need to
>write my own?
>
>  -Dan

You'll can do it with Borland C++, and I'm sure quite a few others. The two
things you'll want to watch for is 1) the runtime libary and 2) the startup
code. Borland includes the startup code for it's compiler, which you can
modify and reassemble. The Borland 3.1 compiler also has source code for the
runtime library which you can analyze to determine what functions don't use
DOS.

Straight C won't generate DOS, or BIOS calls. If you throw away the standard
runtime library, you are reduced to writing your own functions. It's a lot
of work, but it can be done. As a reference, I recommend P.J. Plaugher's
*The Standard C Library*. The source code in there can probably be adapted
to your means. I understand that he's releasing an updated version of the
source from that book.


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