What type computer are you talking about?
The term "base register" makes me think its an IBM mainframe. If so, the limit is due to the size of the three-nibble "displacement" like you speculated.
You are right that the page size is 4K, but that does not effect the usage of...
The Limpel-Ziv algorithm is hard to beat for a general-purpose compression technique. Check this out:
http://www.torchia.org/Programming/web%20files/source%20code/Assembly/Lzcomp.asm.txt
A book from a college bookstore might be best. The IBM manuals can cause information overload in a hurry, but when you need the detail, they are the best.
You might try the "language reference" and "Programmer's Guide" that can be loaded (free) from...
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