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to: BILL BIRRELL
from: Robin Sheppard
date: 1998-09-24 20:35:00
subject: music

>    Couldn't one just open the .EXE file for a binary
 > append, then tack
 >    the music data on the end?  This would ater the
 > file size, so the
 >    EOF check wouldn't work, but it wouldn't mess up
 > the header.

 BB> Seems reasonable, but it's Dos, so there are umpteen ways, I
 BB> guess. :-) I  haven't tried to tack stuff on to the end of an
 BB> executable file. Would the  relocation not just overwrite it?

   I don't think so, if it were opened for append mode.  I can't say 
   it wouldn't cause other problems, though, as I've never attempted 
   anything like this.
   
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