Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site kontron.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!pesnta!pertec!kontron!cramer From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Wanted: MSDOS .OBJ, .LIB file formats Message-ID: <296@kontron.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 12:12:44 EDT Article-I.D.: kontron.296 Posted: Fri Jun 28 12:12:44 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:26:45 EDT References: <686@dataio.UUCP> Organization: Kontron Electronics, Irvine, CA Lines: 18 > 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.)