diff --git a/README b/README index 6afd2e9..fd9b74e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # README for pdp10-tools -# Copyright (C) 2013-2023 Mikael Pettersson +# Copyright (C) 2013-2025 Mikael Pettersson # # This file is part of pdp10-tools. # @@ -20,28 +20,29 @@ PDP10-TOOLS =========== -pdp10-tools is a collection of utilities for pdp10-elf. +pdp10-tools is a collection of utilities for pdp10-elf: + +elf2boot: converts PDP-10 ELF-36 and ELF-64 executables to KLH10-bootable files +libelf: reading and writing ELF-32, ELF-36, and ELF-64 object files +sim: a simulator for running PDP-10 ELF-36 executables on a + hypothetical fully-extended PDP10 called the KE10 +stdio9: reading and writing nonet-based files on an octet-based host + +The following components were developed for the PDP-10 ELF-36 project +and are now deprecated given the PDP-10 ELF-64 support in GNU binutils: ar: archiver for pdp10-elf object files +archive: reading and writing archives containing pdp10-elf object files as: assembler producing pdp10-elf object files intended primarily as an assembler for GCC output; the syntax is modelled after normal UNIX/ELF syntax rather than classic TOPS-10, TOPS-20, or ITS syntax -elf2boot: converts pdp10-elf executables to KLH10-bootable files ld: linker for pdp10-elf object files nm: list symbols from pdp10-elf object files od: file dumper for binary files with 9-bit bytes (nonets) ranlib: add an index to a pdp10-elf archive (same as `ar s`) readelf: display information about pdp10-elf object files, extended with an option to disassemble .text sections -sim: a simulator for running pdp10-elf executables on a - hypothetical fully-extended PDP10 called the KE10 8to9: a utility to convert octet files to nonet files and back -Support libraries include: - -archive: reading and writing archives containing pdp10-elf object files -pdp10_elf36: reading and writing pdp10-elf (aka Elf36) object files -pdp10_stdio: reading and writing nonet-based files on an octet-based host - See the TODO file for known omissions and planned improvements.