diff --git a/utils/Makefile b/utils/Makefile
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+
+all: showbin
+
+showbin: showbin.c
+	cc -o showbin showbin.c
+
diff --git a/utils/showbin.c b/utils/showbin.c
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+++ b/utils/showbin.c
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+/*
+ * dump pdp-8 "bin" format files
+ * brad@heeltoe.com
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+typedef unsigned char u8;
+typedef unsigned short u12;
+
+size_t binfile_size;
+
+#define MEMSIZE (32*1024)
+u12 mem[MEMSIZE];
+
+u8 binfile[16*1024];
+
+int loadbin(char *fn)
+{
+    int f, ch, o;
+    int rubout, newfield, state, high, low, done;
+    int word, csum;
+    u12 origin, field;
+
+    f = open(fn, O_RDONLY);
+    if (f < 0) {
+	perror(fn);
+	return -1;
+    }
+
+    binfile_size = read(f, binfile, sizeof(binfile));
+
+    printf("loadbin: %d bytes\n", binfile_size);
+
+    done = 0;
+    for (o = 0; o < binfile_size && !done; o++) {
+	ch = binfile[o];
+
+	if (rubout) {
+	    rubout = 0;
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	if (ch == 0377) {
+	    rubout = 1;
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	if (ch > 0200) {
+	    newfield = (ch & 070) << 9;
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	switch (state) {
+	case 0:
+	    /* leader */
+	    if ((ch != 0) && (ch != 0200)) state = 1;
+	    high = ch;
+	    break;
+
+	case 1:
+	    /* low byte */
+	    low = ch;
+	    state = 2;
+	    break;
+
+	case 2:
+	    /* high with test */
+	    word = (high << 6) | low;
+	    if (ch == 0200) {
+		if ((csum - word) & 07777) {
+		    printf("loadbin: checksum error\n");
+		}
+		done = 1;
+		continue;
+	    }
+	    csum = csum + low + high;
+	    if (word >= 010000) {
+		origin = word & 07777;
+	    } else {
+		if ((field | origin) >= MEMSIZE) {
+		    printf("loadbin: too big\n");
+		}
+
+		if (1) printf("mem[%o] = %o\n", field|origin, word&07777);
+
+		mem[field | origin] = word & 07777;
+		origin = (origin + 1) & 07777;
+	    }
+	    field = newfield;
+	    high = ch;
+	    state = 1;
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+
+    close(f);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    if (argc > 1) {
+        loadbin(argv[1]);
+    }
+
+    exit(0);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Local Variables:
+ * indent-tabs-mode:nil
+ * c-basic-offset:4
+ * End:
+*/