diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index ce92777..81509d7 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ page6.obj: rom.h macros.h globals.h page6.src
 	xa -C -M page6.asm -l page6.lbl -o page6.obj
 
 globals.h: common.obj
-	grep -E -v '^(_|CMN_CD|CMN_DT|FN_FX|CODE|DATA)' common.lbl | sed -e 's/, 0, 0x0000//' -e 's/, / = /' -e 's/ 0x/ \x24/' > globals.h
+	grep -E '^(FN_XR|FN_0X|PLS_1|MNS_1|ADDR)' common.lbl | sed -e 's/, 0, 0x0000//' -e 's/, / = /' -e 's/ 0x/ \x24/' > globals.h
 
 clean:
 	rm -f globals.h page6.asm common.obj page6.obj common.lbl page6.lbl system.obj
diff --git a/common/common.asm b/common/common.asm
index 4c1de7f..285c511 100644
--- a/common/common.asm
+++ b/common/common.asm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "common.h"
 
 	; ROM code header
-	.BYTE CODE
+	.BYTE _SM_FXD
 	.WORD CMN_CD, _END_CMN_CD - CMN_CD
 
 	; beginning of ROM code
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ _3	ORA _F
 _END_CMN_CD
 
 	; ROM data header
-	.BYTE DATA
+	.BYTE _SM_FXD
 	.WORD CMN_DT, _END_CMN_DT - CMN_DT
 
 	; beginning of ROM data
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ MNS_1	.BYTE $00, $fc, $ff, $ff
 _END_CMN_DT
 
 	; 6502 addresses
-	.BYTE DATA
+	.BYTE _SM_FXD
 	.WORD ADDR, 6
 
 	; 6502 NMI, Reset and IRQ
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index 8230fbb..f08db35 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -156,8 +156,14 @@ _MSK_R	= %00111100			; mask for registers
 _MSK_T	= (_F_Z + _F_P + _F_N) ^ $ff	; mask for TST
 _MSK_C	= (_F_E + _F_G + _F_L) ^ $ff	; mask for CMP
 
+; section modifiers
+_SM_FXD	= %00000001
+_SM_RLC	= %00000010
+_SM_CD	= %00000100
+_SM_DT	= %00001000
+
 ; section identifiers
-CODE	= %10101010			; to indicate CODE section
-DATA	= %01010101			; to indicate DATA section
+_RLC_CD	= _SM_RLC + _SM_CD		; relocatable code
+_RLC_DT	= _SM_RLC + _SM_DT		; relocatable data
 
 #endif /* __COMMON_H */
diff --git a/common/macros.h b/common/macros.h
index a614151..35d6bf2 100644
--- a/common/macros.h
+++ b/common/macros.h
@@ -77,9 +77,23 @@
 #define MOD(r, p, q)	.BYTE _MOD_C + (r), _MRG_M(p, q)
 #define EXT(f)		.BYTE _EXT_C + (f)
 
-; header, begin and end of blocks
-#define HDR(t, a)	.BYTE t:.WORD a, _END_##a - a:* = * - 5:a .(
-#define BGN(a)		a .(
-#define END(a)		.):_END_##a
+; header for fixed code or data
+#define HARD(l)		.BYTE _SM_FXD:.WORD l, _END_##l - l:* = * - 5:l .(
+
+; header for relocatable code: l(abel), s(tart) => starting offset, length of code
+#define CODE(l, s)	.BYTE _RLC_CD:.WORD s - l, _END_##l - l: * = * -5:l .(
+
+; header for relocatable data: l(abel), s(tart) of zeroed data, => length of zeroed data, length of preset data
+#define DATA(l, s)	.BYTE _RLC_DT:.WORD _END_##l - s, s - l: * = * - 5:l .(
+
+; initialize memory
+#define INIT(v)		.BYTE _SET_V(#v)
+
+; reserve c(ount)
+#define ZERO(c)		.DSB c * 4, 0	
+
+; common begin and end
+#define BGN(l)		l .(
+#define END(l)		.):_END_##l
 
 #endif /* __MACROS_H */
diff --git a/common/page6.src b/common/page6.src
index 2b404fc..b9aa874 100644
--- a/common/page6.src
+++ b/common/page6.src
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
 #include "macros.h"
 #include "globals.h"
 
-	* = $600
+	* = 0
 
-HDR(CODE, DEMO)
+CODE(DEMO, DEMO)
 	CMN
 	SET(R0, 9.4662)
 	SET(R1, 0)
+	LDI(R7, R1)
 	SVI(R1, R0)
 	PSH(R0)
 	BRS(FACTORIAL)
 	POP(R4)
-	SET(R5, 0)
+	SET(R5, 1)
 	LDI(R6, R5)
 	ESC
 	BRK
@@ -33,9 +34,7 @@ END(FACTORIAL)
 
 END(DEMO)
 
-HDR(DATA, WORKING)
-
-ONE	.BYTE 0, 0, 0, 0
-TWO	.BYTE 0, 0, 0, 0
-
+DATA(WORKING, EXTRA)
++PI	INIT(3.1415926535)
++EXTRA	ZERO(2)
 END(WORKING)
diff --git a/emulator/main.c b/emulator/main.c
index 564935a..d4ddc67 100644
--- a/emulator/main.c
+++ b/emulator/main.c
@@ -25,8 +25,15 @@
 #define _CR	_CRL				/* code memory address */
 #define _AR	_ARL				/* allocated memory address */
 
-#define CODE	0xaa				/* to indicate CODE section */
-#define DATA	0x55				/* to indicate DATA section */
+/* section modifiers */
+#define _SM_FXD	0x01
+#define _SM_RLC	0x02
+#define _SM_CD	0x04
+#define _SM_DT	0x08
+
+/* section identifiers */
+#define _RLC_CD	_SM_RLC + _SM_CD		/* relocatable code */
+#define _RLC_DT	_SM_RLC + _SM_DT		/* relocatable data */
 
 uint8_t memory[65536];
 
@@ -61,27 +68,46 @@ void hook() {
 int main() {
 
 	uint8_t header[5];
+	/* where to start relocatables */
+	uint16_t index = 0x0600;
 
 	while (fread(header, sizeof(header), 1, stdin))
 	{
 		uint8_t type = header[0];
-		uint16_t index = header[1] + (header[2] << 8);
+		uint16_t entity = header[1] + (header[2] << 8);
 		uint16_t length = header[3] + (header[4] << 8);
 
-		printf("\n%x %04x %u\n", type, index, length);
+		printf("\n%x %04x %u\n", type, entity, length);
 
-		if (fread(memory + index, length, 1, stdin))
-		{
-			switch (type) {
-				case CODE:
-					memory[_CRL] = 	header[1];
-					memory[_CRH] = 	header[2];
-					break;
-				case DATA:
-					memory[_ARL] = 	header[1];
-					memory[_ARH] = 	header[2];
-					break;
-			}
+		switch (type) {
+			case _SM_FXD: /* fixed code or data */
+				/* entity is the address, length is the length of the code or data */
+				fread(memory + entity, length, 1, stdin);
+				break;
+
+			case _RLC_CD: /* relocatable code */
+				/* entity is the starting offset, length is the length of code */
+				if (fread(memory + index, length, 1, stdin)) {
+					/* offset the starting address */
+					entity += index;
+					/* save the starting address */
+					memory[_CRL] = entity & 0xff;
+					memory[_CRH] = entity >> 8;
+					/* advance to the end of the section */
+					index += length;
+				}
+				break;
+
+			case _RLC_DT: /* relocatable data */
+				/* entity is the length of zeroed data, length is the length of preset data */
+				if (fread(memory + index, length, 1, stdin)) {
+					/* save the start of the data */
+					memory[_ARL] = index & 0xff;
+					memory[_ARH] = index >> 8;
+					/* advance to the end of the section */
+					index += entity + length;
+				}
+				break;
 		}
 	}