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From: edso@arnor.UUCP (Edward C. So)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: EXE2BIN in PCDOS 4.0
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.200108.6301@arnor.uucp>
Date: 21 Mar 91 20:01:08 GMT
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>
> valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) writes:
>    >teplovs@zoo.toronto.edu (Chris Teplovs) writes:
>    >
>    >>PCDOS 4.0, I couldn't find EXE2BIN (it doesn't seem to exist on the
>    >>original floppies!).  Anyone know if this is an isolated incident,
>    >>or is this a problem with PCDOS 4.0?
>    >
>    >IBM decided a long time ago that ordinary users didn't need EXE2BIN and
>    >hence that they could afford to charge extra for it.
>    >
> Actually, what you are seeing is the official Microsoft line.  Microsoft
> has decided that we should not write .COM programs anymore, and
> therefore don't support/condone them.  A sure way to decrease the number
> of .COM files is by not giving you the utility to manufacture them.
>

EXE2BIN is on the Utilities diskette that comes with DOS Technical Reference
manual.  The same diskette also contains LINK, DEBUG, and the assembler source
for VDISK(RAMDISK).
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Edward C. So               edso@ibm.com (Internet)
Computing Systems, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center