Brantley Coile wrote: > ... For the Cyber 17/18 the instructions could > be pc relative and didn't have to be relocated when linked together, > at least not for the call/return scenario.
Also, the 1700 linking and program loading were done at the same time, the linker had to traverse threaded references and perform relocation on those that needed it. I created a portable implementation of the linker some time ago (the assembler is on hold until my retirement). > All was much simpler than today. Although in a virtual-memory environment no relocation is needed at program load time.
