On Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:20:00 -0400 "Fehrenbach, Robert J" writes: >From: > "Peter L. Peres" [...] > decf high, F fe fe 00 ! > >Am I missing something here? No, you're not, Peter's routine doesn't work. The 'decfsz' instruction skips if the value is zero *after* decrementing. To do a multi-byte decrement, you need to test if the value is zero *before* decrementing, or if its FF after. _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]