DOC2COM (Dan K. Nelson)
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
- 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 >"
Software
Sample files
- KWS39E.ZIP → README.COM
- G_PAFV82.ZIP → README.COM
- DP386_1.LZH → README.COM
- dexvert samples — document/doc2comDKN
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:
- CHRNET12.ZIP → ARTICLE.COM
- The Wildcat Files 2 → SCRFILE/NEWYRSCR.ZIP → README.COM
- The Wildcat Files 2 → DOORGAME/IS20.ZIP → INFO.COM
They have the following string of ASCII text at offset 18 (among other similarities):
"<Press Home PgDn PgUp Down Arrow End Q=Print>"
