On 04/15/2018 02:28 AM, r.stricklin via cctalk wrote: > On Apr 14, 2018, at 4:00 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctech wrote: > >> I'm familiar with Univac's having worked on the 1100 many moons ago, >> But look at the line above my comment: >> "you assume that a char is 8 bits, with a signed char having a range >> of +/-255". >> >> An 8 bit signed char has the values -128 to +127, as I stated. even a 9 bit >> signed char would not be +/-255 but -256 to +255. > Doesn't the 1100 use one's complement? -0 != 0, so AFAICT it's still +/-255. > Can't remember that. It's over 30 years since my 1100 days.
I do remember it wasn't an ASCII machine, however. good ole Fielddata. bill
