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Re: VAX addressing modes



>> Now back to the original question: the .word are 32bit offsets
>> relative to the casel instructions?
> Basically, yes.  (Strictly, they're relative to [...])

I just noticed: not 32-bit offsets.  They're (signed) 16-bit offsets.
In VAX-speak "word" is 16 bits.  32 bits is a "longword" (".long" to
most assemblers).

Still not relevant to the relocation, though.

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