diff --git a/asm.jrt b/asm.jrt
index 5bd500f..21f8f51 100755
--- a/asm.jrt
+++ b/asm.jrt
@@ -290,9 +290,14 @@ var ignoreimm
 : >grp2* ( ext -- )
   0xd0 swap-args
     oparg-imm? oparg-val @ 1 = and not if ( 1, d0/d1 )
-      oparg-reg? oparg-val @ 0x11 = and 
+      oparg-reg? oparg-val @ 0x11 = and
       if 2 + ( CL, d2/d3 ) else swap-args 2drop return then
-  then swap-args 'extregmem 1 ignoreimm ! *? 0 ignoreimm ! if 2ret then ;
+  then swap-args
+  oparg-wreg? if 1 + ' >extreg* else
+  oparg-breg? if ' >extbreg* else
+  oparg-mem?  if byteptr? not if 1 + then :| >mem 2ret |; else 
+              2drop then then then
+  1 ignoreimm ! *? 0 ignoreimm ! if 2ret then ;
 
 2 :op XCHG
   arg2 oparg-reg? oparg-val @ 0x00 = and arg1 oparg-wreg? and 
diff --git a/boot.jor b/boot.jor
index 682cd79..71f07ee 100755
--- a/boot.jor
+++ b/boot.jor
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ key  const sp
     then ;
 : interpreter
   begin word dup b@ while compileword repeat drop ;
-: loadfp ( -- )
+: loadfp ( fp -- fp )
   infile @ >r
-  fdeactivate infile !
+  infile !
   interpreter
-  infile @ factivate
+  infile @
   <r infile ! ;
-: loadfile ( filename -- ) fdeactivate >r open loadfp close <r factivate ;
+: loadfile ( filename -- ) open loadfp close ;
 
 ( image loading )
 : noop ;
diff --git a/minijort.c b/minijort.c
index 25c53c6..267c2a3 100755
--- a/minijort.c
+++ b/minijort.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ cell *rstack = ((cell*)mem) + STACK_SIZE;
 int TRACING = 0;
 #endif
 
-FILE *ACTIVE_FILE = NULL;
 FILE *IN_FILE = stdin;
 FILE *OUT_FILE = stdout;
 
@@ -110,9 +109,6 @@ void f_fromratio() { // a*r ( a r -- b )
   DROP(1);
 }
 
-void f_eq0() {
-  TOP().i = (TOP().i == 0);
-}
 void f_not() {
   TOP().i = !TOP().i;
 }
@@ -259,63 +255,32 @@ void f_word() {
 }
 
 void f_fputc() {
-  if (ACTIVE_FILE) {
-    fwrite(&TOP().i, 1, 1, ACTIVE_FILE);
-  }
-  DROP(1);
+  fwrite(&ST1().i, 1, 1, TOP().fp);
+  DROP(2);
 }
 
 void f_gets() {
   gets(TOP().s);
 }
 
-void f_fput() {
-  if (ACTIVE_FILE) {
-    fwrite(&TOP().u, 2, 1, ACTIVE_FILE);
-  }
-  DROP(1);
-}
-
-void f_fwrite() { // ( length p )
-  if (ACTIVE_FILE) {
-    fwrite(TOP().p, ST1().u, 1, ACTIVE_FILE);
-  }
-  DROP(2);
+void f_fwrite() { // ( length p fp )
+  fwrite(ST1().p, ST2().u, 1, TOP().fp);
+  DROP(3);
 }
 
 void f_fgetc() {
-  int result = EOF;
-  if (ACTIVE_FILE) {
-    result = fgetc(ACTIVE_FILE);
-  }
-  PUSHI(result);
+  int result;
+  result = fgetc(TOP().fp);
+  TOP().i = result;
 }
 
-void f_fget() {
-  unsigned int result = 0;
-  if (ACTIVE_FILE) {
-    int low = fgetc(ACTIVE_FILE);
-    int high = fgetc(ACTIVE_FILE);
-    if (low != EOF && high != EOF) {
-      result = low | (high << 8);
-    }
-  }
-  PUSHU(result);
-}
-
-void f_fread() { // ( length p )
-  if (ACTIVE_FILE) {
-    fread(TOP().p, ST1().u, 1, ACTIVE_FILE);
-  }
-  DROP(2);
+void f_fread() { // ( length p fp )
+  fread(ST1().p, ST2().u, 1, TOP().fp);
+  DROP(3);
 }
 
 void f_feof() {
-  if (ACTIVE_FILE) {
-    PUSHI(feof(ACTIVE_FILE));
-  } else {
-    PUSHI(1);
-  }
+  PUSHI(feof(TOP().fp));
 }
 
 void f_puts() {
@@ -640,48 +605,36 @@ void f_interpreter() {
 }
 
 void f_close() {
-  if (ACTIVE_FILE) {
-    fclose(ACTIVE_FILE);
-    ACTIVE_FILE = NULL;
-  }
+  fclose(TOP().fp);
+  DROP(1);
 }
 
 void f_open() {
   FILE *fp;
   fp = fopen(TOP().s, "ab+");
   fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
-  ACTIVE_FILE = fp;
-  DROP(1);
+  TOP().fp = fp;
 }
 
 void f_overwrite() {
-  f_close();
-  ACTIVE_FILE = fopen(TOP().s, "wb+");
-  DROP(1);
-}
-
-void f_deactivate() {
-  PUSHP(ACTIVE_FILE);
-  ACTIVE_FILE = NULL;
-}
-
-void f_activate() {
-  f_close();
-  ACTIVE_FILE = TOP().fp;
-  DROP(1);
+  FILE *fp;
+  fp = fopen(TOP().s, "wb+");
+  TOP().fp = fp;
 }
 
 void f_seek() {
-  fseek(ACTIVE_FILE, TOP().u, SEEK_SET);
-  DROP(1);
+  fseek(TOP().fp, ST1().u, SEEK_SET);
+  DROP(2);
 }
 
 void f_seekend() {
-  fseek(ACTIVE_FILE, 0, SEEK_END);
+  fseek(TOP().fp, 0, SEEK_END);
+  DROP(1);
 }
 
 void f_tell() {
-  PUSHU(ftell(ACTIVE_FILE));
+  unsigned int pos = ftell(TOP().fp);
+  TOP().u = pos;
 }
 
 void f_exists() {
@@ -835,7 +788,6 @@ void f_init() {
   CDEF("*", f_mul);
   CDEF("/", f_div);
   CDEF("%", f_mod);
-  CDEF("=0", f_eq0);
   CDEF("not", f_not);
   CDEF("=", f_eq);
   CDEF("!=", f_neq);
@@ -895,17 +847,13 @@ void f_init() {
   CDEF("overwrite", f_overwrite);
   CDEF("close", f_close);
   CDEF("exists", f_exists);
-  CDEF("factivate", f_activate);
-  CDEF("fdeactivate", f_deactivate);
   CDEF("seek", f_seek);
   CDEF("seekend", f_seekend);
   CDEF("tell", f_tell);
   CDEF("fputc", f_fputc);
-  CDEF("fput", f_fput);
   CDEF("fgetc", f_fgetc);
-  CDEF("fget", f_fget);
-  CDEF("fwrite", f_fwrite);
   CDEF("fread", f_fread);
+  CDEF("fwrite", f_fwrite);
   CDEF("findfile", f_findfirst);
   CDEF("nextfile", f_findnext);
   CDEF("chdir", f_chdir);
diff --git a/minijort.exe b/minijort.exe
index 62876b9..ca92ae2 100755
Binary files a/minijort.exe and b/minijort.exe differ
diff --git a/minijort.prj b/minijort.prj
index e507312..212ee0d 100755
Binary files a/minijort.prj and b/minijort.prj differ
diff --git a/tinyjort.com b/tinyjort.com
index 258ba81..46113e9 100755
Binary files a/tinyjort.com and b/tinyjort.com differ
diff --git a/tinyjort.jrt b/tinyjort.jrt
index 567c61a..adbdae4 100755
--- a/tinyjort.jrt
+++ b/tinyjort.jrt
@@ -98,13 +98,15 @@ L@ $$VAR CONST $DOVAR
 ( some helpers for making manually defining colon words slightly less ugly )
 : '>t t' w>t ;
 : @>t t& @t w>t ;
-: :t DEF [ t& $DOCOLON @t lit ] w>t ;
+: :t DEF [ t& $DOCOLON lit ] w>t ;
 
 :CP $DODEFERRED
   INC BX INC BX
   MOV BX @[ BX]
   JMP @[ BX]
 
+: DEFERRED DEF [ t& $DODEFERRED lit ] w>t '>t ;
+
 :ASM LIT_
   LODSW
   PUSH AX
@@ -228,19 +230,6 @@ L: fail-digit 0 <:
   PUSH CX
   NEXT
 
-:ASM emit
-  MOV AH 2 #
-  POP DX
-  INT 0x21 #
-  NEXT
-
-:ASM key
-  MOV AH 8 #
-  INT 0x21 #
-  XOR AH AH
-  PUSH AX
-  NEXT
-
 :ASM terminate
   MOV AH 0x4c #
   MOV AL 0 # ( todo: pop )
@@ -268,6 +257,97 @@ L: fail-digit 0 <:
   PUSH AX
   NEXT
 
+L: TRUE 0xffff w>t
+L: FALSE 0 w>t
+L: RETTRUE
+  PUSH TRUE
+  NEXT
+L: RETFALSE
+  PUSH FALSE
+  NEXT
+
+:ASM not
+  POP AX
+  CMP AX FALSE
+  JZ RETTRUE
+  JMP RETFALSE
+
+:ASM =
+  POP AX
+  POP BX
+  CMP AX BX
+  JZ RETTRUE
+  JMP RETFALSE
+
+:ASM <
+  POP AX
+  POP BX
+  CMP AX BX
+  JL RETTRUE
+  JMP RETFALSE
+
+:ASM >
+  POP AX
+  POP BX
+  CMP AX BX
+  JG RETTRUE
+  JMP RETFALSE
+
+:ASM and
+  POP AX
+  POP BX
+  CMP AX FALSE
+  JZ RETFALSE
+  CMP BX FALSE
+  JZ RETFALSE
+  JMP RETTRUE
+
+:ASM or
+  POP AX
+  POP BX
+  OR AX BX
+  JZ RETFALSE
+  JMP RETTRUE
+
+:t != '>t = '>t not '>t return
+:t <= '>t > '>t not '>t return
+:t >= '>t < '>t not '>t return
+
+:ASM &
+  POP AX
+  POP BX
+  AND AX BX
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
+:ASM |
+  POP AX
+  POP BX
+  OR AX BX
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
+:ASM ^
+  POP AX
+  POP BX
+  XOR AX BX
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
+:ASM << ( val count )
+  POP CX
+  POP AX
+  SHL AX CL
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
+:ASM >>
+  POP CX
+  POP AX
+  SHR AX CL
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
 :ASM @
   POP BX
   MOV AX @[ BX]
@@ -281,6 +361,13 @@ L: fail-digit 0 <:
   PUSH AX
   NEXT
 
+:ASM ub@
+  POP BX
+  MOV AL @[ BX]
+  XOR AH AH
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
 :ASM @far
   POP ES POP BX
   MOV AX @[ ES: BX]
@@ -354,6 +441,81 @@ L: fail-digit 0 <:
 :t segalloc '>t lastseg '>t @ '>t LIT_ 4096 w>t '>t + 
    '>t dup '>t lastseg '>t ! '>t return
 
+2 CONST cell
+:t allot '>t here '>t + '>t here! '>t return
+:t , '>t here '>t ! '>t cell '>t allot '>t return
+:t b, '>t here '>t b! '>t LIT_ 1 w>t '>t allot '>t return
+
+:ASM overwrite
+  MOV AH 0x3c #
+  XOR CX CX ( non-system, non-hidden )
+  POP DX ( filename ptr )
+  INT 0x21 #
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
+:ASM open
+  MOV AH 0x3d #
+  MOV AL 2 # ( read/write access, allow child inheritance )
+  POP DX ( filename ptr )
+  INT 0x21 #
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
+:ASM close
+  MOV AH 0x3e #
+  POP BX
+  INT 0x21 #
+  NEXT
+
+0 VAR, fcount
+:ASM fread
+  MOV AH 0x3f #
+  POP BX ( fp )
+  POP DX ( buffer )
+  POP CX ( length )
+  INT 0x21 #
+  MOV t& fcount @+ AX ( save number of bytes read )
+  NEXT
+
+:ASM fwrite
+  MOV AH 0x40 #
+  POP BX ( fp )
+  POP DX ( buffer )
+  POP CX ( length )
+  INT 0x21 #
+  MOV t& fcount @+ AX ( save number of bytes written )
+  NEXT
+
+-1 CONST EOF
+0 VAR, fbuffer
+:t fgetc '>t LIT_ 1 w>t '>t fbuffer '>t <rot '>t fread
+   '>t fbuffer '>t ub@
+   '>t fcount '>t @ '>t not '>t BZ_ target @ 3 cells + w>t
+   '>t drop '>t EOF '>t return
+:t fputc '>t swap '>t fbuffer '>t b!
+   '>t LIT_ 1 w>t '>t fbuffer '>t <rot '>t fwrite '>t return
+
+:ASM console-emit
+  MOV AH 2 #
+  POP DX
+  INT 0x21 #
+  NEXT
+DEFERRED emit console-emit
+
+:ASM console-key
+  MOV AH 8 #
+  INT 0x21 #
+  XOR AH AH
+  PUSH AX
+  NEXT
+
+0 VAR, infile ( 0 is a predefined file handle meaning stdin )
+:t in-key '>t infile '>t @ '>t dup '>t BZ_ target @ 4 cells + w>t
+   '>t drop '>t console-key '>t return
+   '>t fgetc '>t return
+DEFERRED key in-key
+
 ( test program )
 ARRAY hex65 key 6 >t key 5 >t 0 >t   
 L: test-word t' hex65 w>t t' number w>t t' drop w>t t' emit w>t t' terminate w>t
@@ -373,5 +535,5 @@ target @ t& &here !t
 
 dbg" Program assembled, saving tinyjort.com" 
 s" tinyjort.com" overwrite
-0x100 target @ :noname for i tseg b@far fputc next ; execute
+0x100 target @ :noname for i tseg b@far over fputc next ; execute
 close