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> octal location 033 of course this predates the invention of hex, or at least the modern conventional notation for it
by naniwaduni 7y ago
> octal location 033
of course this predates the invention of hex, or at least the modern conventional notation for it
- kps 7y agoPre-PDP11, DEC had machines with 12, 18, and 36 bit words. Those are all multiples of 3, so octal was more natural. (For the 16-bit PDP11, the instruction format made octal natural.)