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Originally Posted by Richwood
Early Univac computers used octal notation in the manuals, 3 bit chunks.
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Octal trivia: the Intel 8080 instruction set was easiest to read in octal since that made seeing which registers were being used very easy.
In a pathetic attempt to remain on topic, Doranna Durgin's
The Reckoners is on sale at Kobo (likely Amazon as well) for $0.99. I've liked some of her books so will be picking it up though she's been rather hit and miss for my tastes.