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diff --git a/ls8/cpu.c b/ls8/cpu.c
index bdb1f506..d34968e7 100644
--- a/ls8/cpu.c
+++ b/ls8/cpu.c
@@ -1,31 +1,70 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #define DATA_LEN 6
 
 /**
  * Load the binary bytes from a .ls8 source file into a RAM array
  */
-void cpu_load(struct cpu *cpu)
+void cpu_load(struct cpu *cpu, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-  char data[DATA_LEN] = {
-    // From print8.ls8
-    0b10000010, // LDI R0,8
-    0b00000000,
-    0b00001000,
-    0b01000111, // PRN R0
-    0b00000000,
-    0b00000001  // HLT
-  };
-
-  int address = 0;
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < DATA_LEN; i++) {
-    cpu->ram[address++] = data[i];
+
+  if (argc < 2)
+  {
+    printf("File does not exist.\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  char *file = argv[1];
+
+
+  FILE *fp = fopen(file, "r");
+
+
+  if (fp == NULL)
+  {
+    printf("File does not exist");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    char file_line[1024];
+    int address = 0;
+
+    while (fgets(file_line, sizeof(file_line), fp) != NULL)
+    {
+
+      char *endptr;
+      unsigned char val = strtol(file_line, &endptr, 2);
+
+
+      if (file_line == NULL)
+      {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      cpu->ram[address] = val;
+      address++;
+    }
   }
 
-  // TODO: Replace this with something less hard-coded
+  fclose(fp);
+}
+
+unsigned char cpu_ram_read(struct cpu *cpu, unsigned char index )
+{
+  return cpu->ram[index];
+}
+
+unsigned char cpu_ram_write(struct cpu *cpu, int index, unsigned char value)
+{
+  return cpu->ram[index] = value;
 }
 
+
+
 /**
  * ALU
  */
@@ -33,28 +72,138 @@ void alu(struct cpu *cpu, enum alu_op op, unsigned char regA, unsigned char regB
 {
   switch (op) {
     case ALU_MUL:
-      // TODO
+      cpu->registers[regA] = cpu->registers[regA] * cpu->registers[regB];
       break;
 
-    // TODO: implement more ALU ops
+    case ALU_ADD:
+      cpu->registers[regA] = cpu->registers[regA] + cpu->registers[regB];
+      break;
+
+    case ALU_CMP:
+      if(cpu->registers[regA] == cpu->registers[regB])
+      {
+        cpu->FL = 1;
+      }
+      else if(cpu->registers[regA] > cpu->registers[regB])
+      {
+        cpu->FL = 0;
+      }
+
+      break;
   }
 }
 
+void push_stack(struct cpu *cpu, int val)
+{
+  cpu->registers[7]--;
+  cpu_ram_write(cpu, cpu->registers[7], val);
+}
+
+unsigned char pop_stack(struct cpu *cpu)
+{
+  unsigned char val = cpu->ram[cpu->registers[7]];
+  cpu->registers[7]++;
+  return val;
+}
+
 /**
  * Run the CPU
  */
 void cpu_run(struct cpu *cpu)
 {
   int running = 1; // True until we get a HLT instruction
+  unsigned char operandA;
+  unsigned char operandB;
+
 
   while (running) {
     // TODO
     // 1. Get the value of the current instruction (in address PC).
+    unsigned char IR = cpu->ram[cpu->PC];
     // 2. Figure out how many operands this next instruction requires
+    unsigned int num_operands = IR >> 6;
     // 3. Get the appropriate value(s) of the operands following this instruction
+    if (num_operands == 2)
+    {
+      operandA = cpu_ram_read(cpu, (cpu->PC + 1) & 0xff);
+      operandB = cpu_ram_read(cpu, (cpu->PC + 2) & 0xff);
+    }
+    else if (num_operands == 1)
+    {
+      operandA = cpu_ram_read(cpu, (cpu->PC + 1) & 0xff);
+    }
+
+    // printf("%d\n", IR);
+
     // 4. switch() over it to decide on a course of action.
+    switch (IR)
+    {
+      case HLT:
+        running = 0;
+        break;
+
+      case LDI:
+        cpu->registers[operandA] = operandB;
+        break;
+
+      case PRN:
+        printf("%d\n", cpu->registers[operandA]);
+        break;
+
+      case MUL:
+        alu(cpu, ALU_MUL, operandA, operandB);
+        break;
+
+      case PUSH:
+        push_stack(cpu, cpu->registers[operandA]);
+        break;
+
+      case POP:
+        cpu->registers[operandA] = pop_stack(cpu);
+        break;
+
+      case CALL:
+        push_stack(cpu, cpu->PC + 1);
+        cpu->PC = cpu->registers[operandA] - 1;
+        break;
+
+      case RET:
+        cpu->PC = pop_stack(cpu);
+        break;
+      
+      case ADD:
+        alu(cpu, ALU_ADD, operandA, operandB);
+        break;
+
+      case CMP:
+        alu(cpu, ALU_CMP, operandA, operandB);
+        break;
+
+      case JMP:
+        cpu->PC = cpu->registers[operandA];
+        cpu->PC += 1;
+        break;
+
+      case JEQ:
+        if (cpu->FL == 1)
+        {
+          cpu->PC = cpu->registers[operandA];
+        }
+        break;
+
+      case JNE:
+        if (cpu->FL != 1)
+        {
+          cpu->PC = cpu->registers[operandA];
+        }
+        break;
+      
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
     // 5. Do whatever the instruction should do according to the spec.
     // 6. Move the PC to the next instruction.
+    cpu->PC += num_operands + 1;
   }
 }
 
@@ -63,5 +212,12 @@ void cpu_run(struct cpu *cpu)
  */
 void cpu_init(struct cpu *cpu)
 {
-  // TODO: Initialize the PC and other special registers
+  cpu->PC = 0;
+  cpu->FL = 0;
+  memset(cpu->ram, 0, sizeof(cpu->ram));
+  memset(cpu->registers, 0, sizeof(cpu->registers));
+
+  int total = sizeof(cpu->ram) / sizeof(unsigned char);
+  cpu->registers[7] = total;
 }
+
diff --git a/ls8/cpu.h b/ls8/cpu.h
index 46e49c44..60ceaeec 100644
--- a/ls8/cpu.h
+++ b/ls8/cpu.h
@@ -5,14 +5,20 @@
 struct cpu {
   // TODO
   // PC
+  unsigned int PC;
   // registers (array)
+  unsigned char registers[8];
   // ram (array)
+  unsigned char ram[256];
+  //flag
+  unsigned char FL;
 };
 
 // ALU operations
 enum alu_op {
-	ALU_MUL
-	// Add more here
+	ALU_MUL,
+	ALU_ADD,
+  ALU_CMP
 };
 
 // Instructions
@@ -24,10 +30,20 @@ enum alu_op {
 #define HLT  0b00000001
 #define PRN  0b01000111
 // TODO: more instructions here. These can be used in cpu_run().
+#define MUL  0b10100010
+#define PUSH 0b01000101
+#define POP 0b01000110
+#define CALL 0b01010000
+#define RET 0b00010001
+#define ADD 0b10100000
+#define CMP 0b10100111
+#define JMP 0b01010100
+#define JEQ 0b01010101
+#define JNE 0b01010110
 
 // Function declarations
 
-extern void cpu_load(struct cpu *cpu);
+extern void cpu_load(struct cpu *cpu, int argc, char *argv[]);
 extern void cpu_init(struct cpu *cpu);
 extern void cpu_run(struct cpu *cpu);
 
diff --git a/ls8/examples/sctest.ls8 b/ls8/examples/sctest.ls8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..720390cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ls8/examples/sctest.ls8
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+10000010 # LDI R0,10
+00000000
+00001010
+10000010 # LDI R1,20
+00000001
+00010100
+10000010 # LDI R2,TEST1
+00000010
+00010011
+10100111 # CMP R0,R1
+00000000
+00000001
+01010101 # JEQ R2
+00000010
+10000010 # LDI R3,1
+00000011
+00000001
+01000111 # PRN R3
+00000011
+# TEST1 (address 19):
+10000010 # LDI R2,TEST2
+00000010
+00100000
+10100111 # CMP R0,R1
+00000000
+00000001
+01010110 # JNE R2
+00000010
+10000010 # LDI R3,2
+00000011
+00000010
+01000111 # PRN R3
+00000011
+# TEST2 (address 32):
+10000010 # LDI R1,10
+00000001
+00001010
+10000010 # LDI R2,TEST3
+00000010
+00110000
+10100111 # CMP R0,R1
+00000000
+00000001
+01010101 # JEQ R2
+00000010
+10000010 # LDI R3,3
+00000011
+00000011
+01000111 # PRN R3
+00000011
+# TEST3 (address 48):
+10000010 # LDI R2,TEST4
+00000010
+00111101
+10100111 # CMP R0,R1
+00000000
+00000001
+01010110 # JNE R2
+00000010
+10000010 # LDI R3,4
+00000011
+00000100
+01000111 # PRN R3
+00000011
+# TEST4 (address 61):
+10000010 # LDI R3,5
+00000011
+00000101
+01000111 # PRN R3
+00000011
+10000010 # LDI R2,TEST5
+00000010
+01001001
+01010100 # JMP R2
+00000010
+01000111 # PRN R3
+00000011
+# TEST5 (address 73):
+00000001 # HLT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ls8/ls8.c b/ls8/ls8.c
index d24578ee..18cc29e4 100644
--- a/ls8/ls8.c
+++ b/ls8/ls8.c
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 /**
  * Main
  */
-int main(void)
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   struct cpu cpu;
 
   cpu_init(&cpu);
-  cpu_load(&cpu);
+  cpu_load(&cpu, argc, argv);
   cpu_run(&cpu);
 
   return 0;