EXE2BIN

EXE2BIN is a command line program for MS-DOS and IBM DOS . The utility program intended for developers creates a working memory image of an MZ file (MS-DOS- EXE file).

During the 1980s, the utility came with many compilers for MS-DOS, as well as some versions of IBM DOS and MS-DOS. It was still present in 32-bit versions of Windows NT .

Early compilers and linkers could not create a COM file directly; rather, they created an EXE format file containing administrative information (MZ file). If an EXE file only requires an 8086 segment , EXE2BIN was able to convert this into a COM file.

EXE2BIN can also be used to transfer compiled code to a ROM (for example for BIOS or a device driver ).

Web links

Microsoft: Exe2Bin in Windows XP Professional Product Documentation
How do I create a .COM file? on comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ

Individual evidence

↑ Tim Paterson: Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0: /msdos/v20source/EXE2BIN.ASM . Computer History Museum , Microsoft . December 19, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
↑ Len Shustek: Microsoft MS-DOS early source code . March 24, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2015.
^ Peter Norton, Richard Wilton: The New Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC & PS / 2. Microsoft Press, 1987, ISBN 1-55615-131-4 , p. 425 ( books.google.de , limited preview).

[Paterson_2014_MSDOS125-1] Tim Paterson: Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0: /msdos/v20source/EXE2BIN.ASM . Computer History Museum , Microsoft . December 19, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2015.

[Shustek_2014_MS-DOS-2] Len Shustek: Microsoft MS-DOS early source code . March 24, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2015.

[Norton-3] Peter Norton, Richard Wilton: The New Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC & PS / 2. Microsoft Press, 1987, ISBN 1-55615-131-4 , p. 425 ( books.google.de , limited preview).