There is no op-code for ex de,ix. So, is there anything that I can do besides: push de push ix pop de pop ix I tried the following, but it doesn't seem to work...do I need an extra byte? .DB $DD \ ex de,hl Thanks for any suggestions! Thomas J. Hruska -- thruska@tir.com Shining Light Productions -- "Meeting the needs of fellow programmers" http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/8504 http://shinelight.home.ml.org