22 Sep
2004
22 Sep
'04
1:04 p.m.
>>
>> Do you know why a bi-quinary encoding was used instead of
>> the more obvious 8-4-2-1 BCD encoding scheme?
Possible answers....
A) It matches an Abacus...
B) It matches (some?) nixie style tubes?
C) It is just a really cool word?
D) It is a great stumper for Geek-Jeopardy?
[actually I blieve the answer to be "B" with a touch of "A"]