; the following is only to get the original length of 2048 bytes
ALIGN:     MACRO    ?boundary
               DS       ?boundary - 1 - ($ + ?boundary - 1) % ?boundary, 0FFh
           ENDM

; the following is only to get the original length of 2048 bytes
ALIGN_NOPS:MACRO    ?boundary
               DS       ?boundary - 1 - ($ + ?boundary - 1) % ?boundary, 000h
           ENDM

;
; Pads up to a certain address.
; Gives an error message if that address is already exceeded.
;
PAD:       MACRO ?address
	           IF $ > ?address
		           ERROR "Alignment exceeds %s"; % ?address
	           ENDIF
	           ds ?address - $
	       ENDM

;
; Pads up to the next multiple of the specified address.
;
;ALIGN: MACRO ?boundary
;	ds ?boundary - 1 - ($ + ?boundary - 1) % ?boundary
;	ENDM

;
; Pads to ensure a section of the given size does not cross a 100H boundary.
;
ALIGN_FIT8: MACRO ?size
	           ds (($ + ?size - 1) >> 8) != ($ >> 8) && (100H - ($ & 0FFH)) || 0
	       ENDM