FM> It sure does make a difference. Here's another program. The minimum time
FM> for Test 2 was 22.41 seconds for 50,000 iterations, the minimum for Test
FM> 3 was 31.96 seconds. This was running under Windows, I couldn't be
FM> bothered exiting to DOS and running it.

What about halfword aligned?  BFN.  Paul.
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