** LIT.DOC **

Here is a simple way to convert a text file into a COM file
which will display itself...Add this 'header' onto the front
of your text file using PIP. That creates a new COM file
which uses a BDOS function to display the text. Just make
sure your text file has a '$' as its last character.

For example, suppose you want to create a COM file which
will display the message

HELLO WORLD

on your screen. Create a text file (WORLD.TXT) which contains
the following...

HELLO WORLD
$

Now, use PIP to create the file WORLD.COM...

   pip WORLD.COM:=LIT.OBJ,WORLD.TXT

That is all there is to it...When you run WORLD.COM, it will
display the message...

The source code for this program is very simple and was lifted
from USER.ASM which appears in ZCMD29.LBR. I simply moved the
stack to immediately follow the program code and added some
fill characters (The fill characters may not really be needed,
I just wanted to round out the sector for different application).

--Phillip Hansford
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