The Kenbak-1 SKIP Instruction allows us to skip an instruction in memory. We base this on a certain bit at a memory cell being high or low. Let’s say we only want to display odd numbers. If bit zero is high on the value we want to display, we know that number is odd. Therefore, we could skip the instruction that stores the value to our display. Likewise, if we don’t want to display negative numbers. We can look at bit #7 of a byte. If this bit is high, then we can skip the instruction that displays the value, assuming we consider the values to be signed. Keep in mind, the Kenbak-1 does not know whether a value is signed or unsigned. It’s up to us how we wish to use the values. When a signed value is negative, the most significant bit (#7) is true.<\/p>