FA> putrow:
FA>         push cx
FA>         lodsb
FA>         inc di
FA>         cmp al, 00h
FA>         jz nextrow
FA>         dec di
FA>         stosb
FA> nextrow:
FA>         pop cx
FA>         loop putrow
FA>
This loop looks inefficient, try this instead....
 putrow:
         lodsb
         and al,al   ; this is faster on 8086/286 :)
         jz pixlskip
         stosb
         loop putrow
         jmp endrow
 pixlskip:
         inc di
         loop putrow
 endrow:
I've taken out PUSH CX/POP CX because I couldn't see what they did.
lodsb/stosb/movsb don't modify CX, it takes REP to modify CX.
and I've split the end of the loop to save the inc/dec/stosb
you could probably gain even more speed by storing the sprites in a format
that allowed you to write the "solid" bits with "rep movsb" and skip the 
lank
bits with "add di,cx", but this would make them harder to edit.
Bye.
                        
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