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+#Tools
+
+## 3dump
+
+An application which dumps PDP-7 binary files
+
+## a7out
+
+User-mode simulator for PDP-7 Unix applications
+
+## as7
+
+An assembler for PDP-7 assembler files
+
+## b.c
+
+A prototypical compiler for the B language
+
+## mkfs7
+
+Makes a PDP-7 filesystem image for SimH