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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Wanted:  MSDOS .OBJ, .LIB file formats
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 12:12:44 EDT
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> 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.)