no banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1225arrow-down1imageOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldno banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 14 hours agomessage-square71fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 hours 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-squarezarp86@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agoIt kind of makes sense in that 15 is the last single digit in hex.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 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-squarefroh42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 hours 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