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Well done!

For the comment about writing bytes by hand, is that different from just negating a character value (i.e. ".data -'0'")?

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If I use subleq, I would have to use the value range 0-255, and so instead, I write the bytes in the .data directive to use the - sign so it’s slightly easier to understand. By writing the bytes ‘by hand’ in the .data directive, I also have to handle the jumps, which are normally handled by the assembler.

Example:

subleq @OUT 2 -‘0’ isn’t allowed, but you can subtract from 256
subleq @OUT 2 208 is what it will be, but it’s less expressive
So,
@prog: .data @OUT, 2, -‘0’ is the best choice in my opinion