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vram22
on May 27, 2017
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What's the difference between the com and exe exte...
Or maybe because .COM format was invented before .EXE format (since .COM is simpler)? Just guessing.
int_19h
on May 28, 2017
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See my reply in another branch.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14433246
colejohnson66
on May 27, 2017
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Maybe someone could disassemble DOS to find out why? Sounds like a project for me this weekend
lucb1e
on May 28, 2017
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Iirc, MS-DOS is open source and in some museum now.
maxlybbert
on May 28, 2017
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DOS 1.1 is available online from the Computer History Museum (
http://www.computerhistory.org/press/ms-source-code.html
). But I think that may be too early to be useful.
int_19h
on May 28, 2017
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They also offer DOS 2.0.
But DOS had EXE, COM and BAT files since version 1.0.
maxlybbert
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