no banana to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 5 months agoOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down13
arrow-up1257arrow-down1imageOk, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator applemmy.worldno banana to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-25 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@froh42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-25 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