CB>        With this code:
CB>mov     ah,b[var]
CB>mov     al,b[var+1]
CB>var     dw      0102Fh
CB>        AX = 0102Fh, but with this:
CB>mov     ax,w[var]
CB>var     dw      0102Fh
CB>        AX = 0201h, aren't they meant to do the same thing ?
You're forgetting about Intel byte order.  The most significant byte is 
tored
at the highest address.  If you're using a DW declaration, you really should
get the opposite, since it will be in memory as 2F 10
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