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diff --git a/direct.c b/direct.c
index b7dfb85..a736855 100644
--- a/direct.c
+++ b/direct.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ TOKEN exprbuf[128];			// Expression buffer
 SYM * symbolPtr[1000000];	// Symbol pointers table
 static long unused;			// For supressing 'write' warnings
 char buffer[256];			// Scratch buffer for messages
-int stringtype;             // Non-zero if we need any special string conversions
 
 // Function prototypes
 int d_unimpl(void);
@@ -930,7 +929,9 @@ int d_ds(WORD siz)
 
 	// Check to see if the value being passed in is negative (who the hell does
 	// that?--nobody does; it's the code gremlins, or rum, that does it)
-	if (eval < 0)
+	// N.B.: Since VALUE is of type uint32_t, if it goes negative, it will have
+	//       its high bit set.
+	if (eval & 0x80000000)
 		return error("negative sizes not allowed");
 
 	// In non-TDB section (BSS, ABS and M6502) just advance the location
@@ -983,28 +984,27 @@ int d_dc(WORD siz)
 	for(;; tok++)
 	{
 		// dc.b 'string' [,] ...
-		if (siz == SIZB && *tok == STRING && (tok[2] == ',' || tok[2] == EOL))
+		if (siz == SIZB && (*tok == STRING || *tok == STRINGA8) && (tok[2] == ',' || tok[2] == EOL))
 		{
 			uint32_t i = strlen(string[tok[1]]);
 
 			if ((challoc - ch_size) < i)
 				chcheck(i);
 
-            if (stringtype == NORMAL)
-            {
-                for (p = string[tok[1]]; *p != EOS; p++)
-				D_byte(*p);
-            }
-            else if(stringtype == A8INT)
-            {    
-                for (p = string[tok[1]]; *p != EOS; p++)
-                D_byte(strtoa8[*p]);          
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                error("String format not supported yet");
-            }
-
+			if (*tok == STRING)
+			{
+				for(p=string[tok[1]]; *p!=EOS; p++)
+					D_byte(*p);
+			}
+			else if(*tok == STRINGA8)
+			{
+				for(p=string[tok[1]]; *p!=EOS; p++)
+					D_byte(strtoa8[*p]);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				error("String format not supported... yet");
+			}
 
 			tok += 2;
 			goto comma;