qtest@whuxl.UUCP (QTEST) (06/19/85)
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Sorry if this info has been posted before.
I'm about to embark on the lengthly task of writing a linking loader for
msdos and I need documentation on the object (.OBJ) and library (.LIB)
files. Does anyone have this information? Does it exist? Any ideas or
suggestions would be helpful.
I don't get to read net news often and I'm using a friends login, so please
email replies and I'll post it on the net.
Thanks in advance,
Roy Tarantino
{ihnp4}!whuxl!ags!roytarrlk@wlcrjs.UUCP (Richard L. Klappal) (06/21/85)
[] The original, if not the current, assembler came from Microsoft. Their documentation for the assembler includes a description of the file formats. (I haven't looked to see if Idiot/Barely Moron user-friendlied this information out of the manual.) Richard Klappal UUCP: ..!ihnp4!wlcrjs!uklpl!rlk | "Money is truthful. If a man MCIMail: rklappal | speaks of his honor, make him Compuserve: 74106,1021 | pay cash." USPS: 1 S 299 Danby Street | Villa Park IL 60181 | Lazarus Long TEL: (312) 620-4988 | (aka R. Heinlein) -------------------------------------------------------------------------
brownc@utah-cs.UUCP (Eric C. Brown) (06/22/85)
In article <717@wlcrjs.UUCP> rlk@wlcrjs.UUCP (Richard L. Klappal) writes: >[] >The original, if not the current, assembler came from Microsoft. >Their documentation for the assembler includes a description of the >file formats. Boy, that stuff certainly isn't in MY MACRO 3.0 assembler documentation (that I bought directly from Microsoft)... But .OBJ formats ARE defined in Microsoft's MS-DOS Programmer's Reference Guide; the Part number is 036-014-003; the Document number is 8411-200-01. Unfortunately, I'm not sure about the price; it is supposed to be 20-30 dollars. Send your cards and letters to: Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Building 10700 Northrup Way Bellevue, WA 98004 (206)-878-8080 This message provided as a public disservice. Eric C. Brown brownc@utah-cs ...!{decvax, ihnp4, seismo}!utah-cs!brownc
bright@dataio.UUCP (Walter Bright) (06/25/85)
In article <658@whuxl.UUCP> qtest@whuxl.UUCP (QTEST) writes: >I'm about to embark on the lengthly task of writing a linking loader for >msdos and I need documentation on the object (.OBJ) and library (.LIB) >files. Does anyone have this information? Does it exist? Any ideas or >suggestions would be helpful. The MS-DOS .OBJ file format is really the Intel format. The spec for the Intel format can be obtained by calling your local Intel office. The document to ask for is: 8086 Relocatable Object Module Formats Order Number: 121748-001 Warning: This document is incredibly obtuse. Have fun!
cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (06/28/85)
> In article <658@whuxl.UUCP> qtest@whuxl.UUCP (QTEST) writes: > >I'm about to embark on the lengthly task of writing a linking loader for > >msdos and I need documentation on the object (.OBJ) and library (.LIB) > >files. Does anyone have this information? Does it exist? Any ideas or > >suggestions would be helpful. > > The MS-DOS .OBJ file format is really the Intel format. The spec for > the Intel format can be obtained by calling your local Intel office. > The document to ask for is: > > 8086 Relocatable Object Module Formats > Order Number: 121748-001 > > Warning: This document is incredibly obtuse. Have fun! Warning: the .EXE file format is *not* Intel OMF (even though it ought to be). (Incidentally, from my experience with the aforementioned Intel document, I consider "incredibly obtuse" to be incredibly charitable.)