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'''David's Readme Compiler''' ('''DRC'''; also called '''RCOM''') is a DOS application that creates self-displaying structured text files in [[MS-DOS EXE|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 "{{magic|Data file generated by RCOM.}}", followed by bytes <code>0x0a 0x1a</code>.

== Software ==
* DRC
** {{CdTextfiles|simtel0692/MSDOS/TXTUTL/DRC.ZIP|DRC.ZIP}} - Original version, later referred to as v1.0.
** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/TXTUTL/DRC20.ZIP|DRC20.ZIP}} - v2.0
** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9703/disk2/DISC2/TXTUTL/DRC21.ZIP|DRC21.ZIP}} - v2.1

== Sample files ==
* The README.EXE file included with the DRC software.
* {{CdTextfiles|netwaresl/ZIPFILES/L2O/NWREV2.ZIP|NWREV2.ZIP}} → README.EXE
* {{CdTextfiles|cream07/disk/mdir11.zip|mdir11.zip}} → README.EXE
* {{CdTextfiles|simtel9703/disk1/DISC1/BUSINESS/LNDSP101.ZIP|LNDSP101.ZIP}} → readme.exe

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