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Article #3888Re: Object Files Format
From: Bob Eager
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 09:56
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 09:56
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In article <547@anomaly.sbs.com>, mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
> rcollins@altos86.Altos.COM (Robert Collins) writes:
>>Who's .OBJ file format? MSDOS's! Who makes MSDOS? Microsoft.
> Actually, its Intel's format. MSDOS uses a subset of Intel's.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not so simple. There are extensions too (e.g. stuff in the Intel COMENT
records).
>
>>Conclusion: Call Microsoft.
> Conclusion: Call Intel. And they don't give anything away for nuthin.
^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Last time I heard, MS in the US *would* give it away for nuthin. And I got
it for nuthin from MS in the UK, too!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!harrier.ukc.ac.uk!zodiac.ukc.ac.uk!cur022 From: cur022%cluster@ukc.ac.uk (Bob Eager) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Object Files Format Message-ID: <21508.2765fed3@cluster@ukc.ac.uk> Date: 12 Dec 90 09:56:35 GMT References: <3416@litp.ibp.fr> <4445@altos86.Altos.COM> <547@anomaly.sbs.com> Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. Lines: 19