> > Thanks for explanation on
> >         movw 0x2e(%ebx),%ax
> > 
> > Is that NASM style, so new to me?  Or GNU?  I am more accustomed to TASM
> > (Borland) and MASM 6.00, that was long ago.  MASM copy that I have is on 5.25"
> > 1.2 MB diskettes, and my 5.25" 1.2 MB drive apparently went bad, and the hard

if you like masm 6.1 i could send you.

> > disk I installed MASM on apparently went bad too.  On to newer things?
> 
> NASM is Intel-like syntax, so it's very close to TASM or MASM. 
> GAS follows AT&T syntax which is that one. But I think that movw is a
> 386 special opcode, so it isn't in the standard 80x86 assembly.
> 
> HTH
>