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Re: DOS Translator Issues

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Apr 15, 2005
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Matt Lewis wrote:
> I translated a file named sequencef.e.  In emake.bat, the file name was
> sequencef.c, but the actual file created was SEQUENCE.C, causing an error
> with emake.bat.  I renamed the file, and it worked fine.  The windows
> translator works correctly.  (I'm doing this on a WinXP Home box.)

OK. Thanks. I guess that's due to the DOS 8-character limit 
on newly created files. I suppose I should really be using a 
Windows console program to act as the translator for DOS.
 
> Also, I wanted to note that UPX will now compress DOS executables.  I got
> a smaller file when using UPX than when using the Causeway compression:
> 
> 253,269 bytes UPX
> 388,529 bytes CW
> 
> Same file, compiled using OpenWatcom v1.3.

That very interesting.
I didn't realize CW could be beaten by that much. 
I'll have to (at least) document that option.

Thanks,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com