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+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+
+<para>
+The Bin86 contains the as86, as86_encap, ld86, objdump86, nm86 and
+size86 programs.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>Description</title>
+
+<sect3><title>as86</title>
+
+<para>
+as86 is an assembler for the 8086...80386 processors.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>as86_encap</title>
+
+<para>
+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.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>ld86</title>
+
+<para>
+ld86 understands only the object files produced by the as86 assembler, it
+can link them into either an impure or a separate I&amp;D executable.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>objdump86</title>
+
+<para>
+No description available.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>nm86</title>
+
+<para>
+No description available.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>size86</title>
+
+<para>
+No description available.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+