rcj@moss.ATT.COM (01/01/88)
In article <559@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM> brian@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Brian Onn) writes: [about the helpme voice/gag program:] }I disassembled the executable. It is about 1k of code, and 30k data. Yowza! 1k of code and 30k of data in an 11k executable! So when does the author encore with the 20 live elephants comfortably packed into the VW beetle? The MAD Programmer -- 201-386-6409 (Cornet 232) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd allegra ]!moss!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua watmath ]!clyde!rcj
brian@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Brian Onn) (01/03/88)
In article <19392@clyde.ATT.COM> rcj@moss.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) writes: >In article <559@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM> I write: > >[about the helpme voice/gag program:] > >I disassembled the executable. It is about 1k of code, and 30k data. > >Yowza! 1k of code and 30k of data in an 11k executable! > >So when does the author encore with the 20 live elephants comfortably >packed into the VW beetle? > >The MAD Programmer -- 201-386-6409 (Cornet 232) >alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd allegra ]!moss!rcj > ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua watmath ]!clyde!rcj Be careful! So I was a little off, but it really is a 30k executable: PKXARC FAST! Archive Extract Utility Version 3.4 12-15-86 Copyright (c) 1986 PKWARE, Inc. All Rights Reserved. PKXARC/h for help Searching: HELPME.ARC Filename Length Method Size Ratio Date Time -------- ------ ------ ------ ----- ---- ---- HELPME.COM 30208 Crunched 7536 76% 10-23-87 17:19:48 ----- ------ ------ ----- 0001 30208 7536 76% Are you sure your 11k executable actually runs, since the code portion of the program begins at offset 7633H (30259) and continues to offset 76F7H. The data portion begins at offset 0103H and continues to offset 7530H. That's really 29742 bytes of data, and 197 bytes of code. If these offsets look suspicious, then don't forget that a COM program loads starting at offset 0100H adding 256 bytes to the effective size of the program. This is where I was off: I didn't think it was really necessary to actually rhyme off the exact numbers, in the context of my original posting. Take a look at the size again, Curtis. Are you sure it is only 11k? Brian. --- +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ | Brian Onn | UUCP:..!{uunet!mnetor, watmath!utai}!lsuc!ncrcan!brian | | NCR Canada Ltd. | INTERNET: Brian.Onn@Toronto.NCR.COM | +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+