30 Jul
2009
30 Jul
'09
6:56 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 31 Jul 2009 at 0:47, Philip Leonard WV?T wrote:
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..rather tortured layout for 8 bit bytes.
It was BCD, sort of. The six "rows"
were labeled "B", "A", "8", "4",
"2", "1".
Bob Bradlee indicates that there were two "hidden" rows of bits. But
yeah, BA8421 is what I remember. Kind of like the bit naming on 7
track tape or a 1401.