A utility, EXE2BIN, used to be included in DOS.  This utility was needed
to convert the output of the linker from .EXE to .COM format because the
linkers could not do this directly.  As linkers became more capable, the
need for this utility vanished, so EXE2BIN was dropped from DOS.  If you
still are using an older assembler and linker, you now have been left
out in the cold.  Well, not quite, as there are three shareware
equivalent programs.

22.1  EXECOM14.ZIP

EXECOM was written by Chris Dunford in C.  The .zip file contains the
executable, documentation and the .c source that Chris Dunford has
released into the public domain.  The current version is 1.04 with a
2 Mar 88 date.

    ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/asmutl/execom14.zip

22.2  BIN.ZIP

This replacement version was written by Bob Tevithick.  It is based upon
versions 1.00 of Chris Dunford's program.  The .zip file contains only
the executable and documentation.  No source is included.


    ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/asmutl/bin.zip

22.3  X2B11.ZIP

X2B is written in 100% assembly language by Henry Nettles.  Again, it is
based upon Chris Dunford's program.  The zip file contains the
executable and .asm source.  The documentation is in the source code.

    ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/asmutl/x2b11.zip

22.4  THE REAL THING, EXE2BIN.EXE

If you need the real thing, EXE2BIN.EXE is available on the DOS
Supplemental Diskettes.  These disks can be downloaded from Microsoft.

for MS DOS 6.0
    ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/peropsys/msdos/public/supplmnt/
for MS DOS 6.2
    ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/peropsys/msdos/public/supplmnt/
for MS DOS 6.21
    ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/peropsys/msdos/public/supplmnt/
for MS DOS 6.22
    ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/peropsys/msdos/public/supplmnt/

Contributor: Raymond Moon, raymoon@moonware.dgsys.com
Last changed: 8 Jan 96

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