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Writing Linux Programs in Raw Binary

• pmjordan 18y ago
  I guess, if assembly mnemonics are too readable for you you can write the machine code in binary. I guess the most interesting part of this is the stuff required to let the loader know what to do with your binary blob (i.e. what the linker would normally do), the rest is just looking up opcodes. Sadly the latter is what the author focuses on.
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  • rmaccloy 18y ago
    There's a source directory included in the tarballs. fasm is a pretty well known project, I think.
    • saltydick 18y ago
      Yes indeed. I am very embarassed. (I deleted my post before seeing your reply.)
• jgrahamc 18y ago
  Back in the day (on the Sharp MZ-80K) the 40x25 screen was directly memory-mapped with each character on the screen being one byte. So it was possible to write programs by typing them in to the display as characters from the keyboard and then executing them was as simple as calling the start of screen memory.