How to make a very old computer work out what 6 times 9 plus 11 is The plan Hold the number 6 in your CPU, as X Hold the number 9 in your CPU, as Y Multiply X by Y Replace Y with 11 Add Y to X Show X on the lights on the front panel Stop The Manual HALT Stop SETX N X set to N SETY N Y set to N LOADX N X set to memory[N] LOADY N Y set to memory[N] INX accept X from switches INY accept Y from switches OUTX display X OUTY display Y ADDX X set to X + Y ADDY Y set to X + Y SUBX X set to X - Y SUBY Y set to X - Y MULX X set to X x Y MULY Y set to X x Y DIVX X set to X / Y DIVY Y set to X / Y and so on Encode it Hold the number 6 in your CPU, as X -> SETX 6 Hold the number 9 in your CPU, as Y -> SETY 9 Multiply X by Y -> MULX Replace Y with 11 -> SETY 11 Add Y to X -> ADDX Show X on the lights on the front panel -> OUTX Stop -> HALT Now type that into the computer and let it do the translation itself