Article ID: 41090
Article Last Modified on 3/21/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.5
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 1.x
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 2.x
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 3.x
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 4.x
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.01.20
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.01.21
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.1
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.13
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.15
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.3
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.31.009
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS 5.60.339
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SUMMARY
The Microsoft LINK utility provided with Microsoft language compilers, is not designed to create absolutely addressed or "ROMable" code.
To write ROMable code, code which can be loaded at an absolute address at run time, using Microsoft language products, you'll need to acquire a special linker. Third party linkers are available for this purpose which can be obtained by calling any of the following companies:
Imbedded System Products (512) 338-9211 9430 Research Blvd. Building 4 Suite 310 Austin, TX 78759
Paradigm Systems (607) 748-5966 3301 Country Club Road Suite 2214 Endwell, NY 13760
Datalight (360) 435-8086 307 North Olympic Ave Suite 201 Arlington, WA 98223
The following magazine articles are a good source of information for the implementation details of a LOCATE utility. A LOCATE utility is used to create a binary or ROM image from an EXE produced by a DOS linker. These articles each contain source code for an implementation of a LOCATE utility in addition to the description of the function of a LOCATE utility.
The C Users Journal - March 1994 R&D Publications (913) 841-1631
Embedded Systems Programming - March 1994 Miller Freeman (415) 905-2200
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