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Re: Common operational misconceptions


From: Tom Perrine <tperrine () scea com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:19:29 -0800

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On 2/17/12 11:04 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:49:13 PST, Owen DeLong said:
Now, come on... If you're in the 40-50 range, you should have put octal before hex. :p

IBM S/360 definitely preferred hex.  And EBCDIC.


GCOS - 36 bits and Octal and BCD (ASCII added later)
DEC 10 and 20 - 36 bits and Octal
PDP-8 - Octal

- --tep

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