pointer -> long conversion - (nf)

The WITNESS bsafw at ncoast.UUCP
Tue Jul 31 00:18:12 AEST 1984


What he said is VERY implementation dependent -- the 68000 is a bit screwy.
To wit:  the program counter is 4 bytes and only uses the low three, and
there is a "zero page" addressing mode that extends from 0x0 to 0x7fff AND
from 0xff8000 to 0xffffff (sign-extended word quantity).  THAT'S why it
worked.  But I wouldn't want to port it to a VAX.
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