$WW,1$$FG,5$$TX+CX,"SparrowOS' Features"$$FG$

* $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"x86_64","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64#AMD64"$$FG$, ring-0-only, single-address-map (identity), multitasking kernel with multicore support.

* Free, $FG,2$public domain$FG$, and $FG,2$100% open source$FG$.

* 64-bit $FG,2$compiler/assembler$FG$ that truly compiles, no interpreter.

* No 32-bit krufty code.

* 640x480 16 color $FG,2$VGA$FG$ graphics.

* Keyboard & mouse support.

* Hard drives, support for $FG,2$FAT32$FG$ and SparrowOS native file systems with file compression.

* $LK,"Partitionming","MN:PrtDsk"$ tool.

* $FG,2$Boot loaders$FG$ for CD-ROM and hard disk.

* $FG,2$CD/DVD$FG$ reading and writing, $FG,2$ISO9660$FG$ file system. Can make bootable $FG,2$ISO9660$FG$ ISO files so you can roll-your-own distributions.

* Source files and the command line window can have graphics, links, icons, trees, colors, super/sub scripts, margins.  Everything is seamless through-out the tool chain.  No need for separate resource files.

* $FG,2$Just-in-time$FG$ compilation.  No need for object or exe files.

* $FG,2$Graphics in source code$FG$.  No need for resource files.

* $FG,2$64-bit pointers$FG$.  All memory, even more than 4 Gig, can be directly accessed by all tasks on all cores at all times.

* $FG,2$Ring-0-only$FG$.  Highest CPU privileged mode at all times.  No off-limits instructions.  No time lost changing modes or address maps.  Switches tasks in half a microsecond.

* $FG,2$2D/3D$FG$ graphics library

* Real-time fancy differential-equation solver (physics engine) for use in games.  (Adaptive step-size Runge-Kutta, interpolated for real-time.)

* Code $LK,"profiler","MN:ProfAll"$, $LK,"merge","MN:MergeChk"$, $LK,"diff","MN:Diff"$ utils.

* $FG,2$HD Audio$FG$ and many songs.

* $LK,"Demos","FI:::/SparrowOS/Doc/DemoIndex.TXT.Z"$ and $LK,"documentation","FI:::/SparrowOS/Doc/HelpIndex.TXT.Z"$.

* $FG,2$All source code$FG$ included.  Only compiles with the included SparrowOS compiler and assembler.