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Important Links

• 84 spec
• 94 spec + reference implementation
• Book: The Armchair Universe: an exploration of computer worlds
• 94 spec guide
• Krieg der Kerne: Handbuch für Einsteiger

Guide

Instructions

An instruction looks like the following:

MOV.AB @-2, #3

It is made up of the following parts:

• Opcode (e.g. MOV): The instruction name.
• Modifier (e.g. AB): Modifies the instruction by specifying which operands it works on.
• Source field (e.g. @-2 and destination field (e.g. #3):
  • Each made up of an address mode (like @ or #) followed by a number.
  • The comma separator is necessary!

Address modes

Each instruction can have an address mode for each of its fields. The following is a list of all possible address modes:

• $ - direct addressing

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