From: robert@nospicedham.prino.org   
      
   On 2021-04-17 21:50, Frank Kotler wrote:   
   > On 04/17/2021 06:07 PM, Robert Prins wrote:   
   >   
   > ...   
   >> Turbo Pascal V3 (and probably versions 1 & 2 too) created .COM files are not   
   >> run-of-the-mill .COM files.   
   >   
   > As I recall, DOS doesn't care what the file is named. If the first two bytes   
   are   
   > "MZ", it's an exe. Perhaps we should not call it .COM?   
      
   They are not MZ files, they are real COM files, be it that they do strange   
   things once loaded.   
      
   Not that strange, given that "turbo.com", the original "IDE" did also handle   
   multiple segments (itself, and the image of the compiled program, when set to   
   run from memory) Anders Hejlsberg, who originally wrote it, was (and still is)   
   pretty brilliant guy.   
      
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