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Topic       : Pure Assembler Documentation
Author      : John Kormylo
Version     : PASM.HYP 1.0
Subject     : Documentation/Pure Assembler
Nodes       : 740
Index Size  : 20262
HCP-Version : 3
Compiled on : Atari
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View Ref-File[ Size Modifiers ]

  .B   Byte (8 bits)
  .W   Word (16 bits)
  .L   Long (32 bits)
  .S   Single precision floating point (32 bits)
  .D   Double precision floating point (64 bits)
  .X   Extended precision floating point (96 bits)
  .P   Packed BCD floating point (96 bits)

The default is Word.

Size modifiers can be appended to instructions, macro names,
directives and even operands.  When not used, they are ignored.

Note: Memory access in Word or Long mode (on the 68000) MUST be
      aligned to even word boundaries.