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Article #4707Re: How to make device drivers
From: Joe Dubner
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 1991 15:35
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 1991 15:35
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> I just found a public domain device driver source in
> assembly language. Could you tell me how to assemble this thing to
> create a device driver with a .sys extension?
In a nutshell, a device driver is similar to a .COM file but the ORG is
at 0h instead of 0100h. So after you compile and link it, pass it
through EXE2COM (freeware) or EXE2BIN (comes with some versions of
MS-DOS), and rename the resultant binary file with a .SYS extension.
... Joe
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpspkla!dubner From: dubner@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Joe Dubner) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: How to make device drivers Message-ID: <6060005@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> Date: 15 Feb 91 15:35:21 GMT References: <1991Feb15.021901.13855@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa. Lines: 16