number-of-pages OpenVMS usage:longword_signed type: longword integer (signed) access: read only mechanism: by reference Number of pages on VAX systems or pagelets on Alpha and I64 systems. The number-of-pages argument is the address of a longword integer that specifies the number of contiguous pages on VAX systems or pagelets on Alpha and I64 systems to be allocated. The value of number-of-pages must be greater than 0. base-address OpenVMS usage:address type: longword (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by reference Block address. The base-address argument is the address of a longword that is set to the address of the first byte of the newly allocated block of pages on VAX systems or pagelets on Alpha and I64 systems.