ot: getting a "coff"

[Ram Meenakshisundaram]

Apparently coming from djgpp:

http://www.ludd.luth.se/~ams/djgpp/cvs/djgpp/src/stub/stub.asm


Ram

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Hudson [mailto:ron.hudson at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:54 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: ot: getting a "coff"



On Dec 1, 2004, at 8:34 AM, Bert Thomas wrote:

>
>
> Ron Hudson wrote:
>>
>> Several of the programs I try to run on my "classic dos" machine give 
>> the error message:
>>
>> <filepath\filename>:not coff (check for viruses)
>>
>> I don't yet have a virus scanner, but these files were downloaded 
>> from trusted sources I don't think I have a virus. What is this error 
>> message?
>
> http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/coff.html

Thanks, I saw that. It only defines COFF. No hints as to what I need to make
DOS 6.22 run the thing.

One of the instances I where I got this was I was trying "Seal" a GUI
written by the people who also put out freeDOS

http://www.freedos.org/

And it says at the seal download site that it runs under other DOSses



>
> (Just googled, not from experience)
>


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