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To: john316

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Back in the FORTRAN punch card days I did some assembly language work on CDC machines. I became as fluent in octal as I was in decimal. I was lost when things went to hexadecimal - I found a new career.


19 posted on 02/11/2023 2:50:35 PM PST by ALPAPilot
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To: ALPAPilot

Back in the FORTRAN punch card days I did some assembly language work on CDC machines. I became as fluent in octal as I was in decimal. I was lost when things went to hexadecimal - I found a new career.
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And I stayed in it for 44 years.


20 posted on 02/11/2023 2:52:51 PM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: ALPAPilot

When I would run on my lunch break (back in the day) I would do hex arithmetic in my head to take my mind off of running.


27 posted on 02/11/2023 5:48:06 PM PST by john316 (JOSHUA 24:15 ...choose you this day whom ye will serve...)
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To: ALPAPilot

When I was employed, it was hexadecimal. Can’t remember if they covered hexadecimal in college.


30 posted on 02/11/2023 6:07:47 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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