Hello, The 8080 processor has an instruction set, that's really logical if you write in in Octal inestead of Hex.
BR/ Guus > Op 29-10-2020 03:07 schreef Charles MacDonald <cm...@zeusprune.ca>: > > > On 2020-10-28 7:01 p.m., Jon wrote: > > > The DK25 is the only base-8 counting tube as far as I know, which is why > > the picture is truly diagnostic of the precise model of tube. Why Rodan > > made it, I have no idea, but it was a regular catalogue item not some > > weirdo developmental. > > a lot of computers used octal notation for binary values, so an 8 > position counter may have been useful. even today some internet > variables are expressed in Octal. > > -- > Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario > cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe > No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f37b5425-4388-0de3-aaf5-ea0349666c8f%40zeusprune.ca. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1862515698.210065.1603963691112%40kpc.webmail.telfort.nl.