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I would imagine BCD was useful as a bootstrap for a poor ASM programmer's bignum library (especially when 'bignum' was >16 bits). Also would be useful for 7-se

by mpyne 13y ago

I would imagine BCD was useful as a bootstrap for a poor ASM programmer's bignum library (especially when 'bignum' was >16 bits). Also would be useful for 7-segment LED displays.