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From:	gumby AT cygnus DOT com (D.V. Henkel-Wallace)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.arch.embedded
Subject:	Re: COFF Documents needed
Date:	Fri, 22 Mar 1996 22:17:40 -0800
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In article <pkyUx4J1B8WG088yn AT rahul DOT net>, ken AT calast DOT com wrote:

The O'reilly book was full of incorrect info anyway; I know because I
attempted to depend on it when designing bfd.

Instead, look at bfd.   Each COFF is different, and bfd implements many of them.

> I suddenly have a need to obtain a good reference book on the COFF format
> for a program under development at my company. In the past, I have
> recommended the O'Reilly & Associates COFF book as being the best
> reference around. Unfortunately, not enough people were interested,
> because O'Reilly ran out and decided not to restock. It seems they had
> books sitting about in their warehouse for years. Thus, the book is now out
> of print, they will not come out with a new version, and the local tech
> bookstores are out of stock (as is O'Reilly). So,
> 
> 1) Anyone out there willing to part with their copy? 
> 
> 2) Alternatively, can anyone recommend a different book that contains the
> COFF specification?

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