Message-Id: <3.0.16.19980103111403.2bb7e3dc@hem1.passagen.se>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 13:51:18 -0500
To: QlowN <dhurst AT compu DOT net>
From: Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>
Subject: Re: .com's--what,why,how
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 20.26 1998-01-02 -0600, you wrote:
>what is the difference between .com and .exe ?
>why would it be preferable to use one over the other?
>how do i make one (.com) with djgpp ?

A .COM file can only have 64K of data+code, since it's all locate in one
segment, and the code always starts at offset 0x100.  DJGPP cannot produce
.COM files, and in almost every case .EXE is to prefer over .COM!


-- Peter Palotas alias Blizzar -- blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se --

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