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   Robert,   
      
   > You will need FSAVE/FRSTOR (and varients)   
      
   Wolfgang gave that suggestion too.  Alas, the F(N)SAVE resets the FPU stack,   
   and for some reason I can't get the FXSAVE to work (my assembler shows its   
   age by not knowing the opcode, and trying to use a "db 0Fh,0AEH, ....."   
   sequence crashes the program).   
      
   > Your first FLD will clobber the stack top,   
      
   I don't get that - why only the first one, and why would it clobber (the   
   value at) the stack top ?   
      
   > As another poster has said, I don't think the x87 automagically   
   > sets value flags   
      
   I don't quite get this either.   Value flags ?   I'm reading the "Status   
   Word" and in it look at the ST bits (at 11-13).   
      
   Remark : I later found out/realized that the "Stack Top" is just the   
   starting offset for the ST(x) arguments.  IOW : whats in it isn't really   
   relevant.   
      
   > Dump and examine in main memory.   
      
   :-)  The problem was that I had no idea that I could or how to do that .   
      
   Ofcourse it didn't help that I got confused by (and by it focussed on) the   
   "Stack Top" value. :-\   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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