no banana to Lemmy Shitpost • 7 hours agoOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator appimagemessage-square66arrow-up1182arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1178arrow-down1imageOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator appno banana to Lemmy Shitpost • 7 hours agomessage-square66cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@AnUnusualReliclink2•edit-25 hours 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@froh42link2•edit-23 hours 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