Ok I am just not getting it Can someone give me an example or point me to an example for the following:

am calling (VESA Return Super VGA Information)

mov ax,4f00h

need to setup pointer to ES:DI which needs to be a 256 byte buffer or struct

what is the proper way to return the segment and offset of my buff or struct when i dont have the keywords of seg or offset to use... I understand how to get the data out of the buffer just not into it.

if I understand you correctly...

LES loads the pointer from the given memory area, so this wouldn't work.
Basically when you write the .COM program, it's enough to set up the DI to "buffer" offset, since ES is already the same as CS and DS.
If you write multisegment program, it's up to you to know to which segment the given offset applies to ("buffer" label itself is always just an offset).

Ok thanks guys, Tomasz your detailed explaination makes sense (after re reading it several times..hehe). I removed the les di, buffer line and just did a


mov di, buffer

and when i dump the data from the buffer with a print command, the tell-tale signs of VESA show up.. so the data seems to be getting there now.

Thanks again