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--- spo600:6502_jumps_branches_and_procedures [2024/01/23 15:00] – created chris
+++ spo600:6502_jumps_branches_and_procedures [2025/01/21 22:53] (current) – [Jumps] chris
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 =====  Jumps  =====
-Jumps are unconditional and cause the program counter to move to a particular address. The instruction is JMP, and both relative and absolute [[6502 Addressing Modes|addressing modes]] are available.
+Jumps are unconditional and cause the program counter to move to a particular address. The instruction is JMP, and both absolute and indirect [[6502 Addressing Modes|addressing modes]] are available.
 Here is an example using the absolute addressing mode:
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  JMP ($6094)</code>
-This loads the PC with the value in memory at $6094:$6095. Effectively, $6094 is a pointer to the address of the next instruction to be executed.
+This loads the PC with the value in memory at $6094:$6095 (this notation means that it's a 2-byte / 16-bit pointer stored on those two bytes). Effectively, $6094 is a pointer to the address of the next instruction to be executed.
 =====  Branches  =====