-e 180 "Maybe it will work.*" //store the string, including asterisk, at 0180 -e 300 2A //store the hex value for an asterisk in 0300 -a 100 //begin the 'coding' at 0100 1364:0100 mov ah, 02 1364:0102 mov bl, 00 1364:0104 mov si, 0180 1364:0107 mov dl, [si] 1364:0109 cmp bl, [0300] //compare what is in bl to see if it is an "*" 1364:010D je 0116 //jump to 0116 if it is 1364:010F int 21 1364:0111 inc si 1364:0112 inc bl 1364:0114 jnz 0107 1364:0116 int 20 1364:0118 -g Maybe it will work.* Program terminated normally