-> Could someone describe the 'lds' function to me, or atleast quote the code 
i
-> posted (the 'lds' parts of it) so that i could better understand it. I 
think
-> i've gotten the idea of it, but i'm not sure. So far i think it does the
-> following:
->
-> mov ds,100
-> mov ax,102        ;add 2 to the number put into dx
->
-> is this right?
Not quite.  here's an example of how lds works (les, lfs, etc. work 
similarly):
.DATA
ORG     100h    ; just to make sure you're not thinking it loads the address
                ; it read from.
THE_ADDRESS     EQU     $
THE_OFFSET      DW      1000h
THE_SEGMENT     DW      2000h
.CODE
LDS     BX, [THE_ADDRESS]
After this, BX should contain 1000h, and DS should contain 2000h... However,
when changing segment registers, it is often a good idea to preserve DS with 

PUSH command before it.
((Cloud))
MauveCloud@juno.com
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