no banana to Lemmy Shitpost • 1 month agoOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator appimagemessage-square94arrow-up1327arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1322arrow-down1imageOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator appno banana to Lemmy Shitpost • 1 month agomessage-square94cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 month 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-squarezarp86linkfedilink4•1 month agoIt kind of makes sense in that 15 is the last single digit in hex.
minus-square@AnUnusualReliclink2•edit-21 month 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@froh42link3•edit-21 month 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.
It kind of makes sense in that 15 is the last single digit in hex.
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