From:	rjvdboon AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Boon van der RJ)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: .COM's with DJGPP?
Date:	22 Apr 1998 07:17:15 GMT
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Vic wrote:
> > > > > In fact, it will probably hang the machine when run!
> > > > It probably will not hang the machine when run!  Who knows about such
> > > > details?  We may never find out.
> > > Oh yes it will.  An EXE has a header, a COM does not.  The "MZ" in the
> > > header for the magic number will crash the computer.
> > Are you sure?  This is getting interesting.  This argument could drag on
> > for weeks!
> This is bull.
> renaming the exe to com will NOT crash the computer.
> Why don't you try for yourselves? It's THAT easy. It works on my machine
> anyways.

And another thing to consider: 4dos (the command.com replacement) is
actually an EXE-file (with header and MZ and such) and is named
4dos.com. The 4dos docs says that the only reason to name it .COM is
because some older programs expect them to have this extension. And I
am very very sure that 4dos won't crash your computer, and it has been
doing so since DOS v3.3.

hth,
 Robert.

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