put 16#FFFF as the value of tage **ffffs** and 16#0000 as the value of **zeros** as the value of two Words. Then compare **> zeros ffffs OTE abool**.
If **abool** value is 1, then the range is -32768 (16#1000) to +32767 (16#7FFF), otherwise it is 0 (16#0000) to (16#FFFF)