On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:43:54 -0600 John Gateley <[email protected]>
wrote:

:>The link information in the 24-bit addressing mode consists of the 
instruction-length code (ILC), the condition code (CC), the program-mask bits, 
and the rightmost 24 bits of the updated instruction address.

:>I have never given much thought to the high byte when using this instruction 
and switched to BASR and BAS years ago.

:>Just for personal interest, does anyone recall a program using the contents 
of the link register other than as a return address?

It has been a while, but I recall something about CP using the condition code.

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