DOC2COM (Dan K. Nelson)

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Name DOC2COM (Dan K. Nelson)
Ontology
Extension(s) .com
Released 1987
For another utility named "DOC2COM", see DOC2COM (Gerald DePyper).

DOC2COM is a DOS utility that converts a text file to a COM file that, when executed, displays the text in a viewer. It was developed by Dan K. Nelson.

This article is based on v1.0, the only version confirmed to exist.

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Identification

Generated files start with bytes e9 93 00. The following string of ASCII text appears at offset 25:

"< Press  Home  PgDn  PgUp  Down Arrow  End >"

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Editors' notes

A newer version of DOC2COM may have existed. A few files have been found that might have been made by it. For example:

They have the following string of ASCII text at offset 18 (among other similarities):

"<Press  Home  PgDn  PgUp  Down Arrow  End  Q=Print>"
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