diff --git a/fix16.tal b/fix16.tal
index b895599..aea9b64 100644
--- a/fix16.tal
+++ b/fix16.tal
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 ( #ff00     -256/256     -1.000                           )
 ( #ffff       -1/256     -0.004                           )
 (                                                         )
-( many 8.8 operations are equivalent to uin16:            )
-(   * addition/subtraction                                )
-(   * division                                            )
+( many 8.8 operations are equivalent to unsigned int16:   )
+(   * addition                                            )
+(   * subtraction                                         )
 ( or signed int16:                                        )
 (   * comparisons/equality                                )
 (                                                         )
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@
 ( that said, if either x or y is whole (i.e. ends in 00)  )
 ( then we can just shift that argument right by 8 and use )
 ( MUL2.                                                   )
+(                                                         )
+( similarly with division we have:                        )
+( )
+( x divided by #0100 -> x )
+( x divided by #0001 -> x * 256, with likely overfow )
+( #abcd divided by #1000 -> #0abc, rounding with d )
+( x divided by #0200 -> x >> 1 )
+( x divided by #0080 -> x << 1 )
 
 %xyz { ;x16-emit JSR2 #0a #18 DEO }
 
@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@
 
 %x16-emit-dec { #30 ADD #18 DEO }
 
-( |0100
+|0100
     x16-zero xyz
     x16-one xyz
     x16-two xyz
@@ -97,11 +105,23 @@
     x16-sqrt-3 xyz
     x16-epsilon xyz
     #1234 xyz
-    BRK )
+    #7fff xyz
+    #8000 xyz
+    #8001 xyz
+    #ffff xyz
+    BRK
 
 @x16-emit ( x* -> )
+    DUP2 #8000 EQU2 ,&is-min JCN
+    DUP2 #8000 GTH2 ,&is-neg JCN
     SWP DUP #64 LTH ,&<100 JCN
         #64 DIVk DUP x16-emit-dec MUL SUB ,&>=10 JMP
+    &is-min POP2
+        LIT "- #18 DEO LIT "1 #18 DEO LIT "2 #18 DEO LIT "8 #18 DEO
+        LIT ". #18 DEO LIT "0 #18 DEO LIT "0 #18 DEO LIT "0 #18 DEO
+        JMP2r
+    &is-neg
+        LIT "- #18 DEO #ffff EOR2 INC2 ,x16-emit JMP
     &<100 DUP #0a LTH ,&<10 JCN
         &>=10 #0a DIVk DUP x16-emit-dec MUL SUB
     &<10  x16-emit-dec
@@ -123,7 +143,7 @@
               POP2 POP2r #ff JMP2r  (  x<0 y>=0 )
         &ypxp ;x16-ucmp JMP2        ( x>=0 y>=0 )
     &yn x16-is-neg ,&ynxn           (       y<0 )
-              POP2 POP2r #01 JMP2r  ( x>=0  y<0 ) 
+              POP2 POP2r #01 JMP2r  ( x>=0  y<0 )
         &ynxn SWP2 ;x16-ucmp JMP2   (  x<0  y<0 )
 
 ( unsigned comparison between x and y. )