Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!STONY-BROOK.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM!jrd From: jrd@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Many questions Message-ID: <19871207191413.3.JRD@GRACKLE.SCRC.Symbolics.COM> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 14:14:00 EST Article-I.D.: GRACKLE.19871207191413.3.JRD Posted: Mon Dec 7 14:14:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 15:46:36 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 24 Hi all. Here's my weekly batch of wierd questions. What if anything has happened w/r/t fixing the dreaded '40 directory' bug? I saw a lot of discussion of the problem and symptoms, but no mention of a fix. I've recently gotten a hard disk, and so am now in a position to get screwed by this bug. Is there a recent copy of Spacewar available? The one in the archives appears to be mono only (I use color) and the one on UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU is corrupted; at least neither ARC on my ST nor ARC on a Un*x can read it. I'm trying to understand the difference between .O files (as produced by C backends, I guess) and executables, ie .TTPs etc. It looks to me like they're the same format (both relocatable) and that the only net difference is that in the executable, all the TEXT psects from the .Os are concatenated together, all the DATA psects ditto, etc, and that references are resolved. If that's true, it seems like the linker's pretty trivial. If not, what am I missing? Also, if my supposition about the linker's true, what's RELMOD for? Are there any PD debuggers around? As always, thanks in advance for any info.