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   > "I know what binary is. Jesus Christ! I memorized the hexadecimal   
   > times tables when I was 14 writing machine code, okay? Ask me what 9   
   > times F is. It's fleventy-five. I don't need you telling me what binary   
   > is"   
      
   > Erlich Bachman, from "Silicon Valley"   
      
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   Ready ng Your post to Mike had me to grab the calc to see what 9 times $F is.   
   &87  or 135 decimal.   
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   Back at work there was a Remote Control station that was coded in Octal.   
   I was just learningabout Hexadecimal and knowing that helped me figure out that   
   3 Bit Code.   
   While I still was working, a friend I taked to on the telepone had got hiredas   
   a Electronic Repairman for a Company, and he was telling me about having a   
   problem understandng Octal that the company's Service Manuals used.   
   I helped him a ittle by telling him about how I adjusted to learnng about   
   Octal.   
      
   I like HEX better than OCTAL , but having a calc that has options for them   
   (which I wish was available in the 1970's)  makes doing the conversion much   
   much easier.   
   Yes, I had to use pen and paper learning Octal.   
      
   I memorized the Decimal Table on the back of Double Q notebook (12 X 12) in   
   school but You outdid me by learnng the HEX Multiple Table. NO, I ain't gonna   
   try learning that.   
   Ed   
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