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Old 01-20-2018, 02:47 PM   #1341
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Originally Posted by Richwood View Post
Early Univac computers used octal notation in the manuals, 3 bit chunks.
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.

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