I don't think you really want your base register pointing to an odd address. You need to add 1 more to make it right and that requires another instruction.
Chuck Arney Arney Computer Systems -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of robin Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 8:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Base registers From: Robert A. Rosenberg Sent: Saturday, 2 June 2012 7:04 AM > LA R11,2048(R12) > LA R11,2048(R11) LA 11,4095(0,12) requires only one instruction (adjust USING accordingly).
