Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:36:23 GMT From: cmatraki AT eleceng DOT ucl DOT ac DOT uk (Chris Matrakidis) Message-Id: <199711282236.WAA26746@lupus.eleceng.ucl.ac.uk> To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: FYI: targetting the 8086 Precedence: bulk > From dj-admin AT delorie DOT com Fri Nov 28 21:35:13 1997 > Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:29:21 -0500 (EST) > From: DJ Delorie > To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com > Subject: FYI: targetting the 8086 > 1. djlink is a simple 16-bit OMF linker. The only other linker is > "val link", the source of which is very unreadable and it doesn't > seem supported. > > 2. gcc for 8086. I was unable to find anyone who had done this, so I > did it. It uses nasm and djlink. This is very interesting. I have one question: Why not use gas and ld instead of nasm and djlink? gas understands 16 bit code with the .code16 directive, while ld can generate .exe files.