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Q79843: FIX: SYS1811 or A2087 and A2006 Incorrectly Generated

Article: Q79843
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When using the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 6.0, two errors may be
generated if you declare a segment name after .CODE and include that name in a
GROUP directive. Under MS-DOS, the errors are:

  A2087: instruction form requires 80386/486
  A2006: undefined symbol : TEMP

Under OS/2, you will get the error:

  SYS1811:

  The process has stopped. The software diagnostic code (trap number) is 013.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the MASM 6.0. This problem was
corrected in MASM version 6.0a.

MORE INFORMATION
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The sample code below demonstrates the problem. Assembling this with no options
displays the errors above.

Sample Code
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  ; Assemble options needed: none

  .MODEL LARGE
  DGROUP GROUP TEMP
  .CODE TEMP
  temp1:
     mov ax,4C00H
     int 21H
  END temp1

Additional query words: 6.00 buglist6.00 fixlist6.00a

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM600
Version           : :6.0
Solution Type     : kbfix

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