Re: Cross-platform programming question...

[Charles Richmond <richchas@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" wrote:
> 
>        [snip...]           [snip...]           [snip...]
> 
> (BTW, hex digits were not always 0-9 + A-F.  Early in the history
> of computing, the Librascope LGP-30 used hex notation (because
> its words were a multiple of 4 bits) and chose 0-9 + p-u!  It didn't
> catch on.  ;-)
> 
Also, the MISTIC system at Michigan State University in
the 1950's used KSNJFL for the digits 11 through 15. This
was because these were the five-digit character codes for
these letters. The MISTIC system was a copy of the Illiac.

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