no banana to Lemmy [email protected] • 1 year agoOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down15
arrow-up1283arrow-down1imageOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldno banana to Lemmy [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 year agoF is 15, so that’d be weird for hex, and I’ve never seen base 4 or 6 used for anything, base 8 is common for some things but missing here.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoI think some computers have been known to work in base 6. Or maybe I’m just confusing it with them using 6 bits. Probably the latter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-21 year ago6 bits per digit, 12 bit words. Octal (8) number system. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8
F is 15, so that’d be weird for hex, and I’ve never seen base 4 or 6 used for anything, base 8 is common for some things but missing here.
I think some computers have been known to work in base 6. Or maybe I’m just confusing it with them using 6 bits. Probably the latter.
6 bits per digit, 12 bit words. Octal (8) number system.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8