I'm an infrequent user of A86.  I only use it occasionally for short test
programs.  So I'm not well-acquainted with it.  I ran across the
following problem.  At least I think it's a problem.  Perhaps I'm just
making a mistake:
 
cseg   segment
assume cs:cseg
begin:
   mov ax,dseg
   mov ds,ax
 
   mov dx,offset msg
   mov ah,9
   int 21h
 
   mov ax,4c00h
   int 21h
cseg   ends
 
dseg   segment
msg       db     "Hello, hello, hello.$"
dseg   ends
 
end   begin
 
This code aseembles correctly with TASM into an .EXE file, and runs
as expected.  A86 incorrectly assembles it into a .COM file which does
not execute properly because the first two lines of code cause A86
to place 0 in DS.  If you comment out the first two lines of code A86
assembles the code into a .COM file which DOES execute properly; but
of course without paying any attention to "dseg   segment".  It simply
places the data in the code segment following the last line of code.
 
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