Re: MASM ASSUME directives...

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:34:33 -0600, I waved a wand and this message
magically appears in front of ArarghMail802NOSPAM:

MASM 5.10 doesn't appear to like above at all. So, which versions
does?

There was a "custom" version of MASM 5.10 that shipped with the
Windows 386 and Windows 3.x DDKs specifically for assembling VxDs.
It understood this.

Sure enough. It identifies itself as 5.10B.

It took me a while to find a copy of the win 31 ddk, though. :-)

2 more versions of MASM to add to my collection. That makes 15.

Also found an 'LE' linker. :-)

Yup, bloody M$ modified 5.10B MASM but didn't increment the version to
assemble these VxDs. Quite why they didn't put their modifications into
the mainline MASM version is beyond me..
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