; EX8_2b.asm ; ; Example demonstrating the align ; directive. dseg segment ; Force an odd location counter ; within this segment: i byte 0 ; This word is at an odd address, ; which is bad! j word 0 ; Force the next word to align itself ; on an even address so we get faster ; access to it. align 2 k word 0 ; Force odd address again: k_odd byte 0 ; Align the next entry on a double ; word boundary. align 4 l dword 0 ; Align the next entry on a quad ; word boundary: align 8 RealVar real8 3.14159 ; Start the following on a paragraph ; boundary: align 16 Table dword 1,2,3,4,5 dseg ends end