Where is as86?

["Thomas H. George" <georgeacct@spininternet.com>]

Started to build a 2.2.19 kernel for my second computer.  Make bzImage 
exited with error 2 because it couldn't find as86.  My first computer 
has as86 from somewhere and I bulit the 2.2.19 kernel with no problem.

I tried apt-get install as86 and got a message that it couldn't find an 
as86 package in the stable distributions.  I was rather surprised as 
there is a man page for as86 on the first computer and it appears to a 
program from the dawn of time.  At least it talks about an 80186 cpu and 
the only place I have ever encountered an 80186 is in my HP100.

Any one know where as86 comes from?