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Multiline HP15C
06-11-2018, 08:00 PM
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RE: Multiline HP15C
(06-11-2018 09:39 AM)Fungus Wrote:  Data format isn't a problem. One of the reasons for using BCD in the first place is that it's easy to display (it's actually a lot harder for the computer to to compute with than binary).


In some cases, yes. There are computers that have BCD mode built into the microcode so BCD calculations are natively supported and are no more difficult for the CPU than binary (Intel's x86 for example)

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Multiline HP15C - Fungus - 06-08-2018, 08:01 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - brickviking - 06-09-2018, 10:26 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Steve Simpkin - 06-10-2018, 07:07 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Fungus - 06-10-2018, 10:05 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - rprosperi - 06-10-2018, 01:01 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Fungus - 06-10-2018, 10:55 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - rprosperi - 06-10-2018, 11:20 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Didier Lachieze - 06-10-2018, 11:47 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - rprosperi - 06-11-2018, 12:54 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Robert VM - 06-11-2018, 12:06 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Thomas Radtke - 06-11-2018, 09:10 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Fungus - 06-11-2018, 09:39 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Thomas Radtke - 06-11-2018, 12:00 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - toml_12953 - 06-11-2018 08:00 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Valentin Albillo - 06-11-2018, 11:18 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Fungus - 06-12-2018, 11:04 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Thomas Radtke - 06-10-2018, 02:11 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - rprosperi - 06-10-2018, 02:22 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Thomas Radtke - 06-11-2018, 06:27 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Steve Simpkin - 06-11-2018, 08:47 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Valentin Albillo - 06-11-2018, 11:22 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - Steve Simpkin - 06-12-2018, 04:28 AM
RE: Multiline HP15C - rprosperi - 06-12-2018, 01:02 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - emece67 - 06-10-2018, 04:31 PM
RE: Multiline HP15C - rprosperi - 06-10-2018, 06:05 PM
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RE: Multiline HP15C - BobVA - 06-12-2018, 03:40 PM
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