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From: roland DOT nilsson AT communique DOT se (Roland Nilsson)
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Subject: Re: Using AS as a standalone assembler
Date: 16 Aug 1996 17:58:43 GMT
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In article <4uvo7m$70c AT ari DOT ari DOT net>, flyboy AT ari DOT net says...
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>I heard that you can use AS with DJGPP to make stand alone programs kind 
>of like Turbo Assembler does. Only thing is ho would I be able to do this 
>as I have tried and not had much luck.

Assuming that you know AT&T syntax (different from Intel syntax, i.e.
what MASM, TASM & co uses), the trouble is getting into protected
mode. AS is a pure 32-bit assembler, so you cannot hack things in DOS
(real mode) with it. Check out the DPMI systems provided with djgpp.
Oh, and take a look at some preprocessor if you'd like to stay sane.
I'm using GASP with AS, but others are available too.

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