SK>What is the best way of getting the high word of EAX ?
I can think of several ways of doing that, but I am uncertain which you would
consider the "best" way...  Here's a few ideas for moving the high word of 
AX
into AX:
1.      SHR     EAX, 16
2.      PUSH    EAX
        POP     AX
        POP     AX
3.      BSWAP   EAX     ; 486+ only
        XCHG    AL, AH
4.      ROR     EAX, 16
   (or) ROL     EAX, 16
5.      SHRD    EAX, EDX, 16    ; EDX can be changed to another register
                                ; if desired... only the new high word of EAX
                                ; will be affected
6.      MOV     [mem], EAX
        MOV     AX, WORD PTR [mem+02]
7.      PUSH    DS
        PUSH    ES
        POP     DS
        MOV     SI, DI          ; assuming ES:[DI] points to valid memory
        STOSD
        LODSW
        LODSW
        POP     DS
I suspect there are more possibilities, but I'll leave it at that for now.
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