Re: [SURVPC] Bits and bytes (pratice and theory....)

[Ole Juul]

James Webster wrote:
 > Just adding my 2 cents in here. Computer math is in
 > Hexidecimal, which is base 16. Versus our normal base 10.
 > Some old PCs had Octal (base 6).

Probably a typo, but Octal means 8. <g>

Just as a matter of interest:
  Hex is 6 (hence hexadecimal is, as you say, 16)
  Octo is 8
  Duodecimal is 12. This is an odd one but we use it for
inches and time.

Cheers,
        Ole Juul

To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 
unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message.
Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.