what does this mean?

[pjoseph24]

Assembling: C:\masm32\color.asm
C:\masm32\color.asm(16) : error A2004: symbol type conflict
C:\masm32\color.asm(32) : error A2004: symbol type conflict
C:\masm32\color.asm(45) : warning A4023: with /coff switch, leading underscore required for start address : MAIN
Volume in drive C is HP_PAVILION
Volume Serial Number is 5086-B523

Directory of C:\masm32

10/22/2005  08:34 PM               758 color.asm
               1 File(s)            758 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  105,973,645,312 bytes free

[hutch--]

Where did you get color.asm. I don't think its part of the masm32 example code.

[pjoseph24]

it was a lab we did in school but i am sure it is in 16bit not 32 I am not sure how to link the two together to be able to write in 16bit in masm32

[MichaelW]

If the source has a model directive followed by anything other than flat, it is 16-bit code. You can assemble 16-bit code with MASM, but you will need a 16-bit linker to create the executable.

See:

http://www.masmforum.com/simple/index.php?topic=2379.0

Or for a tiny model:

http://www.masmforum.com/simple/index.php?topic=2500.0

[tenkey]

You also want to remove the /coff option, as COFF does not handle 16-bit code (there's no way to handle segment values). With some versions of MASM, you may need to replace /coff with /omf.