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 <dj AT delorie DOT com>
> 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.