Obsolete Addressing Modes
The addressing modes listed here were used in the 1950–1980 time frame, but are no longer available on most current computers. This list is by no means complete; there have been many other interesting and peculiar addressing modes used from time to time, e.g. absolute-plus-logical-OR of two or three index registers.
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