Transcript (start the simulator with no configuration file):
sim> ex rx sbuf[0/4]
SBUF[0]: 000
SBUF[1]-SBUF[3]: same as above
sim> dep rx sbuf[2] 1
sim> ex rx sbuf[0/4]
SBUF[0]: 000
SBUF[1]: 001
SBUF[2]: 001
SBUF[3]: 000
sim> ex sbuf[1]
SBUF[1]: 000
sim> ex sbuf[2]
SBUF[2]: 001
Seems to be an off-by-one somewhere, but I don't quite understand the code to find it.