[net.micro.pc] Lattice 3.0 gotcha

ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) (03/01/86)

>   I recently purchased Lattice 3.0 and was much chagrined to discover that
> apparently the linker found on DOS 2.x (link version 2.01) is *USELESS* with
> Lattice 3.0!  A call to Lifeboat confirmed this - the technical support person
> with whom I spoke said that LINK.EXE version 2.13 (or later) was required and
> that this linker is found on DOS 3.x.  HELP!  Any suggestions other than 
> upgrading to DOS 3.x? (Technically impratical)

I don't think this is true.  My version of Lattice 3.0 came with a program
called OML that, among other things, will convert a DOS 3.x library file
to a DOS 2.x library file  (oml -v2 file).  If you munch at your libraries
that way, you should then be able to link just fine with the 2.0 linker.

Alternatively, you can buy a recent version of the Microsoft assembler
(either under Microsoft's name or IBM's), which comes with an appropriate linker.