The following instructions are used to load memory contents into a register.
LDA
rA <- V
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LDX
rX <- V
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LDi
rIi <- V
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LDAN
rA <- -V
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LDXN
rX <- -V
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LDiN
rIi <- -V
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In all the above load instructions the ‘MOD’ field selects the bytes of the memory cell with address ‘M’ which are loaded into the requisite register (indicated by the ‘OPCODE’). For instance, the word ‘+ 00 13 01 27 11’ represents the instruction
LD3 13,1(3:3) ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | | | | --- MOD = 27 = 3*8 + 3 | | --- INDEX = 1 | --- ADDRESS = 00 13 --- OPCODE = 11
Let us suppose that, prior to this instruction execution, the state of the MIX computer is the following:
[rI1] = - 00 01 [rI3] = + 24 12 [12] = - 01 02 03 04 05
As, in this case, ‘M = 13 + [rI1] = 12’, we have
V = [M](3:3) = (- 01 02 03 04 05)(3:3) = + 00 00 00 00 03
(note that the specified subfield is left-padded with null bytes to complete a word). Hence, the MIX state, after the instruction execution, will be
[rI1] = - 00 01 [rI3] = + 00 03 [12] = - 01 02 03 04 05
To further illustrate loading operators, the following table shows the contents of ‘rX’ after different ‘LDX’ instructions: