Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:41:24 -0500
Message-Id: <199902231841.NAA15033@envy.delorie.com>
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <fpoFvDAT+u02Ewgm@xemu.demon.co.uk> (message from Dave Bird on
	Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:12:35 +0000)
Subject: Re: I just wanted to assemble this old program under NASM....
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>  But mostly it carps on about not supporting
>  non-32bit-relocations.  Does this mean I can't assemble
>  and debug such a program under DJGPP at all :-<  ??

DJGPP programs *start* in 32-bit mode.  You can't switch to/from real
mode the way you're thinking in a djgpp program.

>  Here is the program, only 150 lines in all, 
>  as MIME: [please set margin to 7ins before reading]

Inches?  What are those?  Sorry, my display doesn't support inches.
Also, it wasn't mime.

> begin 644 Xx1.s

Please - never send attachments!  Either the program is small enough
to cut-n-paste (yours isn't) or it's too big to send to thousands of
people via email.  Either put it on web/ftp, or just offer to send it
to anyone who asks.