somewhat OT: the return of decimal mode

15 Oct 2006

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  From: woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>

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  I think the thing that killed BCD computers is thae
lack of
 BCD memory addressing. 
Some BCD computers had BCD memory addressing.
Also BCD instructions, though full binary data for
masking.

Roger Holmes

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somewhat OT: the return of decimal mode