--- e3.asm.orig	Sun Jun 10 19:59:15 2001
+++ e3.asm	Mon Jun 10 19:52:49 2002
@@ -1059,7 +1059,8 @@
 DispShortLine:call LookPgBegin 		;go on 1st char upper left on screen
 	mov esi,edi			;esi for reading chars from text
 	mov ecx,[lines]
-	jecxz Kviex
+	or ecx,ecx
+	jz Kviex
 	cld
 	mov bh,-1			;first line
 DispNewLine:inc bh			;new line

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