;===START=======================================
[bits 16]

segment code
start:
;===============================================
; sets up DS to point to the
; data segment, and initialises
; SS and SP to point to the top
; of the provided stack.
;===============================================
mov ax,data
mov ds,ax
mov ax,stack
mov ss,ax
mov sp,stacktop

;===============================================
; print the string
;===============================================
;mov dx,hello
;mov ah,09h
;int 21h

mov ax,seg hello
mov es,ax
mov ax,0e01h
mov bx,0007h
mov cx,lmsg
mov dx,0000h
mov bp,hello
int 10h

;===============================================
; terminates the program
;===============================================
mov ax,4c00h
int 21h

segment data
hello db 'hello, world'
lmsg    equ $-hello

segment stack stack
resb    64
stacktop:
;===END=========================================