David's Readme Compiler

File Format
Name	David's Readme Compiler
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Executable envelopes David's Readme Compiler
Extension(s)	.exe
Released	1991

David's Readme Compiler (DRC; also called RCOM) is a DOS application that creates self-displaying structured text files in EXE format. It was developed by David Harris.

The generated files are generally menu-driven.

Source files are written in a special format containing the text, and special commands.

Identification

In a generated file, the "overlay" segment (refer to MS-DOS EXE#Special file positions) starts with ASCII "Data file generated by RCOM.", followed by bytes 0x0a 0x1a.

Software

• DRC
  • DRC.ZIP - Original version, later referred to as v1.0.
  • DRC20.ZIP - v2.0
  • DRC21.ZIP - v2.1

Sample files

• The README.EXE file included with the DRC software.
• NWREV2.ZIP → README.EXE
• mdir11.zip → README.EXE
• LNDSP101.ZIP → readme.exe