<s>
The	O
command-line	B-Application
tool	I-Application
exe2bin	B-Device
is	O
a	O
post-compilation	B-Language
utility	O
program	O
available	O
on	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
compilers	B-Language
and	O
linkers	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
platform	O
could	O
not	O
produce	O
a	O
COM	O
file	O
executable	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
compilers	B-Language
would	O
output	O
an	O
EXE-format	O
file	O
with	O
relocation	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
"	B-Device
tiny	I-Device
"	I-Device
memory	I-Device
model	I-Device
was	O
used	O
)	O
,	O
then	O
exe2bin	B-Device
could	O
convert	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
COM	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
exe2bin	B-Device
could	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
convert	O
compiled	B-Language
code	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
suitable	O
to	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
ROM	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
or	O
a	O
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
MS/DOS	B-Application
versions	O
1	O
thru	O
3.1	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
standard	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
next	O
version	O
,	O
3.3	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
EXE2BIN	B-Device
on	O
the	O
DOS	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
also	O
distributed	O
with	O
many	O
language	B-Language
compilers	I-Language
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
with	O
certain	O
versions	O
of	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
DOS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
PhysTechSoft	O
&	O
Paragon	O
Technology	O
Systems	O
PTS-DOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Digital	O
Research	O
DR	B-Application
DOS	I-Application
6.0	O
,	O
and	O
Datalight	O
ROM-DOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
also	O
include	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
command	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
later	O
versions	O
include	O
exe2bin	B-Device
and	O
other	O
16-bit	B-Device
commands	O
(	O
nonnative	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
subsystem	O
to	O
maintain	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
16-bit	B-Device
MS-DOS	B-Application
subsystem	O
commands	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
64-bit	B-Device
editions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
