DOS ain't dead

> > 2008-03-14
> >
> > fpu registers are saved on task switch
> > .gz file decompression
> > fview comand move files
> >
> > Home page / downloads:
> > http://octavio.vega.fernandez.googlepages.com/octaos
>
> I think you meant OctaOS. The latest Octasm (also updated) is 0.167, and
> only has a few new features:

Oops. OctaOS is at .211, with the changes I cited. Octasm is indeed at 0.167, with the changes you cite.

> - hex numbers in the style of 0xAB now supported (previously only 0ABh)
> - "eax=0" is now "xor eax,eax" instead of "mov eax,0" (although you can
> explicitly do the latter still)
> - the elf linker should work with more elf files (not all) and public
> symbols are output to the '.sym' file.
> - old version did not support undefined local symbols, now they are
> automatic allocated (like strings in text section)
> - public symbols are allocated too unless they are already defined in
> the assembly sources.

Edit: Revised subject header

> Steve wrote:
>
> > fpu registers are saved on task switch
> > http://octavio.vega.fernandez.googlepages.com/octaos
>
> Please reveal how this "Announce" is related to DOS

It is the site for OctaOS (includes native Octasm) and (separately) Octasm for DOS/DPMI.