Fuck.  For PC support, this must be in the distribution.
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/py_compi.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/py_compi.py
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+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/py_compi.py
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+# Routine to "compile" a .py file to a .pyc file.
+# This has intimate knowledge of how Python/import.c does it.
+# By Sjoerd Mullender (I forced him to write it :-).
+
+import imp
+MAGIC = imp.get_magic()
+
+def wr_long(f, x):
+	f.write(chr( x        & 0xff))
+	f.write(chr((x >> 8)  & 0xff))
+	f.write(chr((x >> 16) & 0xff))
+	f.write(chr((x >> 24) & 0xff))
+
+def compile(file, cfile = None):
+	import os, marshal, __builtin__
+	f = open(file)
+	codestring = f.read()
+	f.close()
+	timestamp = os.stat(file)[8]
+	codeobject = __builtin__.compile(codestring, file, 'exec')
+	if not cfile:
+		cfile = file + 'c'
+	fc = open(cfile, 'wb')
+	fc.write(MAGIC)
+	wr_long(fc, timestamp)
+	marshal.dump(codeobject, fc)
+	fc.close()
+	if os.name == 'mac':
+		import macfs
+		macfs.FSSpec(cfile).SetCreatorType('Pyth', 'PYC ')
+		macfs.FSSpec(file).SetCreatorType('Pyth', 'TEXT')