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HP-29C: 98 Program Steps, So, why not an even 100?
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HP-29C: 98 Program Steps, So, why not an even 100?
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HP-29C: 98 Program Steps, So, why not an even 100?
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08-27-2019, 04:57 PM
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RE: HP-29C: 98 Program Steps, So, why not an even 100?
(08-27-2019 03:10 PM)Dave Britten Wrote: So what you're saying is that the real question is why did the 25 have 49 steps instead of 50. Because the RAM chips hold a whole number of 56-bit (7-byte) registers. The total number of program steps, each occupying one byte, is therefore necessarily going to be a multiple of 7. There are only 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those who don't. |
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