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01-27-2015, 04:00 PM
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RE: 10E500?
(12-12-2014 07:07 AM)cyrille de brébisson Wrote: Why did they decide to use BCD and not binary (which would have provided exponents all the way to 2048, I do not know)... The HP Saturn CPU used in the old RPN calculators was designed for BCD operations. That way all cumbersome binary-decimal conversions was avoided, and decimal numerical accuracy maintained. /Lennart Börjeson Stockholm, Sweden |
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10E500? - mpowell@rogershsa.com - 12-08-2014, 12:30 AM
RE: 10E500? - Snorre - 12-08-2014, 08:28 AM
RE: 10E500? - mpowell@rogershsa.com - 12-09-2014, 02:39 AM
RE: 10E500? - Gerald H - 12-09-2014, 12:52 PM
RE: 10E500? - mpowell@rogershsa.com - 12-09-2014, 08:21 PM
RE: 10E500? - Snorre - 12-10-2014, 05:35 PM
RE: 10E500? - mpowell@rogershsa.com - 12-11-2014, 06:55 AM
RE: 10E500? - cyrille de brébisson - 12-12-2014, 07:07 AM
RE: 10E500? - lenborje - 01-27-2015 04:00 PM
RE: 10E500? - debrouxl - 12-12-2014, 08:58 AM
RE: 10E500? - cyrille de brébisson - 01-28-2015, 10:06 AM
RE: 10E500? - Paul Dale - 01-28-2015, 10:38 AM
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