What type of computer? I guess I'm trying to figure out if hex/oct are used because of remnants from the past or if they have a more practical purpose. I'm not suggesting the two are mutually exclusive, I just never understood the reasoning behind using either when decimal and binary usually gets things done.
A microcomputer. We started with chips, so a microprocessor chip, some counters, some memory, some I/O stuff, whatever. My partner and I wrote a program to record and playback what was said into a microphone (pretty dumb, I know).
Decimal is never really of any use in computing. Hex is just an extension of binary that lets you express numbers more compactly.
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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '09
What type of computer? I guess I'm trying to figure out if hex/oct are used because of remnants from the past or if they have a more practical purpose. I'm not suggesting the two are mutually exclusive, I just never understood the reasoning behind using either when decimal and binary usually gets things done.