Comment 16 for bug 579336

here's some more info about assembler directives generally supported by most 8085 assemblers:
http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/cosc243/lectures/asm_dir.pdf
http://www.ordersomewherechaos.com/rosso/fetish/m102/web100/docs/assemb-tutorial.html (look for "directive")
http://www.crossware.com/8085/a8085nt.pdf (last site and paragraph)