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+## read a character from stdin, save it to a global, write it to stdout
+#
+# To run:
+#   $ subx translate ex4.subx ex4
+#   $ subx run ex4
+
+== 0x08048074  # code segment, after leaving room for ELF header and segment headers
+# instruction                     effective address                                                   operand     displacement    immediate
+# op          subop               mod             rm32          base        index         scale       r32
+# 1-3 bytes   3 bits              2 bits          3 bits        3 bits      3 bits        2 bits      2 bits      0/1/2/4 bytes   0/1/2/4 bytes
+
+  ## read(stdin, x, 1)
+  # fd = 0 (stdin)
+  bb/copy                                                                                                                         0/imm32           # copy 0 to EBX
+  # initialize x (location to write result to)
+  b9/copy                                                                                                                         0x080490a7/imm32  # copy to ECX
+  # size = 1 character
+  ba/copy                                                                                                                         1/imm32           # copy 1 to EDX
+  # read(fd, x, size)
+  b8/copy                                                                                                                         3/imm32           # copy 3 to EAX
+  cd/syscall                                                                                                                      0x80/imm8         # int 80h
+
+  ## write(stdout, x, 1)
+  # fd = 1 (stdout)
+  bb/copy                                                                                                                         1/imm32           # copy 1 to EBX
+  # initialize x (location to read from)
+  b9/copy                                                                                                                         0x080490a7/imm32  # copy to ECX
+  # size = 1 character
+  ba/copy                                                                                                                         1/imm32           # copy 1 to EDX
+  # write(fd, x, size)
+  b8/copy                                                                                                                         4/imm32           # copy 4 to EAX
+  cd/syscall                                                                                                                      0x80/imm8         # int 80h
+
+  ## exit(EBX)
+  b8/copy                                                                                                                         1/imm32           # copy 1 to EAX
+  cd/syscall                                                                                                                      0x80/imm8         # int 80h
+
+== 0x080490a7  # data segment
+00 00 00 00  # space for read() to write to
+
+# vim:ft=subx:nowrap