Linker (hclink)

Multi-format linker producing flat binaries (COM), MZ executables (EXE), and REX relocatable format. Supports automatic object reordering and dead code elimination.

Binary	Format	Use Case
`hclink-bin`	Flat binary	CP/M .COM, ROM images, raw memory
`hclink-mz`	MZ EXE	MS-DOS .EXE with independent segments
`hclink-rex`	REX relocatable	Relocatable executables with relocation table

Flat Binary

hclink-bin -text 0x100 -o program.com start.obj main.obj lib.lib
hclink-bin -o firmware.bin code.obj data.obj
hclink-bin -text 0x4000 -bss 0xC000 -o game.rom game.obj

MZ EXE (MS-DOS)

hclink-mz -stack 1024 -o program.exe start.obj main.obj lib.lib

Segment deltas automatically computed:

Constant	Value
`__data_seg_delta__`	Paragraphs from TEXT to DATA
`__bss_seg_delta__`	Paragraphs from TEXT to BSS
`__stack_top__`	Top of stack (BSS + stack size)

REX Relocatable

hclink-rex -o program.rex main.obj lib.obj
hclink-rex -sym symbols.txt -o program.rex main.obj

Produces an REX-format relocatable executable with a 18-byte header, sections, and a word-based relocation table. Ideal for custom operating systems and embedded environments where the loader needs to place code at arbitrary addresses.

Options

Option	Description	Applies to
`-o <file>`	Output file (default: a.bin)	All
`-sym <file>`	Symbol table output	All
`-multicpu`	Ignore mismatched CPU types in objects	All
`-v`	Verbose output	All
`-text <offset>`	Text section start address	BIN
`-data <offset>`	Data section start address (default: after text)	BIN
`-bss <offset>`	BSS section start address (default: after data)	BIN
`-align <size>`	Section alignment in bytes (default: 16)	BIN, REX
`-stack <size>`	Stack size in bytes (BIN default: 1024, MZ default: 4096)	BIN, MZ, REX
`-max-mem <size>`	Max memory available (default: 61440)	BIN, REX

Features

Object Reordering: _start object automatically placed first
Dead Code Elimination: Unreferenced objects excluded
Symbol Table: -sym symbols.txt exports all labels with addresses