"no" banana to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 months agoOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down15
arrow-up1284arrow-down1imageOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.world"no" banana to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-22 months 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-22 months ago6 bits per digit, 12 bit words. Octal (8) number system. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8
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