PC has 3 registers to enable up to 21 bit addressing =
(PCLATU,PCLATH,PCLATL)
Bits.

A goto/call should be able to reach anywhere in program memory.=20
wheras a rcal is +/- 512 one-word instruction jump and BRA is +/- 64 =
one-word
instructions.=20


Kind Regards

David Huisman

-----Original Message-----
From: Jinx [mailto:joecolquitt@CLEAR.NET.NZ]
Sent: Friday, 10 October 2003 12:04 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [PIC]: 18F GOTO


> How come MPLAB only accepts 16 bits.

I can't do better than 15 (or is it 14 MSb because of the
word alignment).  0000-7FFE with MPASM 3.30

Where was it you wanted to jump to BTW - not outside
the chip surely ? ;-)

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