From: "Stefan Viljoen" <Stefan_Viljoen AT excite DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Com Files
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 07:29:47 +0200
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Adrian Smith <Adrian AT atpelectronics DOT connectfree DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
news:3a59e424$1 AT news DOT telinco DOT net...
> Hi,
>      This maybe a silly question but does anybody know how to use the
djgpp
> compiler and linker to generate .COM files I can only generate .EXE files
at
> the mo.I've read throught he FAQ etc but cant find any reference to the
> subject.
>
> Thanks.

DJGPP cannot produce .COM executables - get NASM for that. You have to code
in assembly, but it can produce .COM files - which incidentally are limited
to 64k code and data...

Stefan Viljoen
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