From: battle DOT axe AT PEGASUZ DOT COM Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 17:44:16 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: ASM code & Random To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com A9>This is the code: asm(" pusha movl $0xa0000,%edi movl _virt,%esi # virt declared somewhere movl $32000,%ecx movw _dos_seg,%es cld rep movsw popa ") How's this for more speed? The REP command will repeat the string command immediately following it (MOVSW). I also shortened all those push/pop operations into one pusha/popa command.. like 6 less operations plus the loop should be a bit faster.. A9>Wait! One more thing (*stupid thing*) How can i get a random int from zero A9>to a fixed value??? I don't know how to use the random functions in DJGPP! A9>They talk about MAXINT, but i do not know what is that! my_random_number = rand() % 100; This gives me a number between 0 and 99. (Just add parenthesis and add one to the value.. works ok for me... You may have to do a randomize(); somewhere in the begining once to initialize the seed for the random number.. I don't remember to clearly.. it's been a while) Jonathan Tarbox ----------------- battle DOT axe AT pegasuz DOT com