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+To build this real mode as/ld for x86, just edit Makefile and then
+do
+
+make install
+
+It is only tested under SunOS 4.1.3 and Linux.
+
+H.J. Lu
+hjl@nynexst.com
+11/21/94
+------
+We seem to have cross bin86 for Solaris working.  The most important
+changes involve alignment (it needs to be on) and byte ordering.
+Some of the patches just eliminate compiler warnings (conversion of
+pointer to integer without a cast, etc.) and some (in the Makefiles)
+reflect the local setup, and can probably be ignored (the change to $BINDIR,
+for example).
+
+   - Ian (iagoldbe@csclub.uwaterloo.ca)
+
+----
+I modified it for the latest Linux C library 4.5.21 and released it as
+bin86 0.1. It is only tested for building the Linux kernel and is not
+intended for any other purposes. To build it under Linux, just type
+
+make all
+make install
+
+It is not tested for cross-compiling. If you have any patches for
+cross-compiling, please send them to me.
+
+Thanks.
+
+
+H.J. Lu
+hjl@nynexst.com
+03/03/94
+-------------
+This is the as86 and ld86 distribution written by Bruce Evans.  It's
+copyright Bruce Evans, all rights reserved although you may use and copy
+it for your personal use.  It's a complete 8086 assembler and loader
+which can make 32-bit code for the 386+ processors (under linux it's
+used only to create the 16-bit bootsector and setup binaries).  The
+syntax is not compatible with the GNU assembler, but closer to intel
+syntax ("wrong" order of operands etc). 
+
+Hints for compiling:
+
+ - you'll need the a.out.h-files from the a.out.h directory for the
+linker.  These aren't really part of the distribution, but I included
+them for ease of setup (in case you need to crosscompile etc).  Do a 
+	cp a.out.h/* ld/
+or similar before compiling the linker. 
+
+ - the assembler needs the typeconv.o file produced by the linker
+compilation.  So compile the linker first, and then do a
+	cp ld/typeconv.o as/
+before making the assembler. 
+
+This distribution also contains some test-files etc that aren't actually
+needed, but as they also give some idea of the assembler syntax, I left
+them in.  The directories are as follows:
+
+  as - the assembler sources (minus typeconv.c)
+  ld - linker sources
+  bcc - bruce evans' cc frontend sources (the actual compiler isn't
+	included).
+  bccfp - assembly floating point routines written by bruce evans.  Note
+	that these use integer register returns, and won't work with the
+	linux libraries.  They can be used as examples of as86 code. 
+  a.out.h - header files for crosscompilation.
+
+Note that I am NOT the author of this package, but I'll forward any
+comments to bruce evans and I'll try to answer any questions about the
+assembler/linker I can.  I just made it available as bde doesn't have
+ftp capability right now.  Bruce Evans does have mail as
+<bde@runx.oz.au>. 
+
+		Linus Torvalds