pointer question

[ajs at hpfcla.UUCP]

Then, for another  example, the HP9000 Series 500 has a lot of different
pointer  types, all of which fit in 32 bits.  The  context and the first
bit or two clue you into whether the pointer is absolute, is relative to
a register, or is a combination of a code or data segment  number and an
offset.  The relative  data  pointer  types can be used  interchangeably
with any  instruction  that  takes a  relative  data  pointer,  allowing
flexibility in what "kind" of memory the data is stored in, e.g.  how it
is accessed.

Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado
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