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From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: Paths and .COM files
Date: 9 Apr 1996 10:37:40 GMT
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This may be slowly heading off topic, but I'm curious: what IS the
difference between a .COM and a .EXE, aside from the MZ ZM thing and the
file extension?
Is there a difference in the code, in its functioning, in how DOS
allocates it memory?

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