difference between minus and subtract microoperation
Suppose we're working with unsigned bytes, e.g. modulo 256.

Let's say R1 = 100 and R2 = 70. Direct subtraction should give us 100 - 70 = 30:

01100100
01000110 -
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00011110


Modulo 256, subtracting 70 is the same as adding 256 - 70 = 186, because -70 is +186. The complement of 70 is 255 - 70 = 185, which is just one less. Therefore, the following sum produces 100 + 185 + 1 = 286 which is the same as 30 (modulo 256). Of course, the ninth bit 'falls off' when doing 8-bit arithmetic, so we get 30 as a result.

 01100100
 10111001
 00000001 +
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100011110


So both methods give the same result, just in a different way.