Xref: news2.mv.net comp.arch.embedded:6526 comp.os.msdos.djgpp:2086 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 Organization: Cygnus Support Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: gumbymac.cygnus.com To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp In article , 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?