Bin86

Official Download Location

Bin86 (0.16.3): 
http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/

Contents of Bin86

Last checked against version 0.16.3

Bin86 is a simple assembler and linker for 8086 - 80386 machine code.

Bin86 installs the following:

Program Files

as86, as86_encap, ld86, nm86 (link to objdump86), objdump86 and size86 (link to objdump86)

 

Descriptions

Last checked against version 0.16.3

Program file descriptions

as86

as86 is an assembler for the 8086...80386 processors.

as86_encap

as86_encap is a shell script to call as86 and convert the created binary into a C file prog.v to be included in or linked with programs like boot block installers.

ld86

ld86 understands only the object files produced by the as86 assembler. It can link them into either an impure or a separate I&D executable.

nm86

The symbol table of the binary file.

objdump86

Dumps detailed information about a binary file.

size86

Summary sizes of the data in a binary file.

 

Bin86 Installation Dependencies

Last checked against version 0.16.0.

Bash: sh
Binutils: as, ld, strip
Fileutils: chmod, install, ln, mv
Gcc: cc, cc1, collect2, cpp0
Make: make
Sed: sed