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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

11111111 = FF

5 posted on 11/13/2022 4:09:04 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)

To: ComputerGuy

6 posted on 11/13/2022 4:16:40 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)

To: ComputerGuy

Not sure if using different bases on opposite sides of the "=" is kosher.

Which is correct?:

FF x 10 = 1FE

FF x 10 = FF0

Real scribes use sexagesimal (click image to play):

7 posted on 11/13/2022 4:22:09 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)

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