Linking programs

[veronicak5678]

Yes, that's right.

[dedndave]

to generate that sequence, i have to start with a seed of 5555h, not 555h
gotcha !!! - lol

[veronicak5678]

Oh! I'm so sorry. I had it wrong in my notes.

[dedndave]

it was a lucky guess   :P

[veronicak5678]

So can I see what you have so far? I 'm still not sure about whether or not reseed stops when I want it to or continues through random.

[dedndave]

i fixed reseed
it is done and working - lol
with bl=1, it generates the sequence 832, 6809, 8658, 1206

i moved UPPER and LOWER into the main program and they are transfered on the stack

i changed the segments all around
the main program uses the DS register and DGROUP
the random routine uses the ES register and FAR_DATA

[veronicak5678]

When I try assembling, it says fatal error l1093: random.obj object file not found. I see the object file has been made, so why is it doing this?

[dedndave]

are you using the batch file ?
it is probably not looking in the right folder - just a guess

[veronicak5678]

Honestly, I don't even know what a batch file is!

[dedndave]

use these command lines - lol

ml /c main.asm
ml /c random.asm
lnk563 main.obj+random.obj,main.exe,nul.map,io.lib,nul.def

your linker may be named Link16.exe instead
the regular LINK.exe will not work with 16-bit code

[veronicak5678]

I get 'cannot open file ml.' I have never seen any of that stuff before, so I have a feeling this is not what I was supposed to be doing...

[dedndave]

ml.exe may be named MASM.exe
are you using the masm32 package from this site ?

[dedndave]

you said in a previous post that you use ML.exe...

http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=12477.msg95946#msg95946

[veronicak5678]

I am using MASM 6.11. I believe I found it here:
http://www.phatcode.net/downloads.php?id=175

[MichaelW]

The batch file works for me using ML 6.11 and the 16-bit linker (version 5.60.339).