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> Ehh.. Can it run on 16-bit DOS, but not produce 16-bit executables?

Right.  It prepends a 2k stub that switches into 32 bit mode.

> I have downloaded gcc-2.7.2.3.tar.gz and the files from 
> http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/16bit/gcc/

Check the gcc archives; there's been a couple of newer attempts at
adding 8086 support to gcc.  The latest one is by a person named Rask.

> but I don't really know what to do with the diff files. 

Use patch to apply them.

> Next, will I need DJGPP to compile the files? I run Ubuntu 7.10 with a 
> working GCC. Will that be good enough?

Any gcc will be good enough.  You'll be producing a cross compiler
either way.

> In fact, I don't need the whole 16-bit package. I only need a 16-bit 
> version of as (I need an assembler with AT&T syntax to run under MS-DOS 
> on a 80186 handheld PC). If one of you can send me the .exe, you would 
> make me very happy. 

I never did that; I always used djasm.