Hexidecimal (fwd)

[Orin Eman]

Terry,

I assume you meant to send this to the list... if so, your mailer
isn't using the 'Reply-To' header.

Orin.

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> From orin at WOLFENET.com  Fri Dec 12 09:04:09 1997
> Date: 12 Dec 97 10:57 CST
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> From: Terry Sare <Terry_Sare at dell.com>
> To: diy_efi-owner at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
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> Subject: Re[2]: Hexidecimal

>      If your really crazy (I had to think about this for 10 min!!)

>      To convert from base16 to base 10

>      73ED hex = (7 x 16^3) + (3 x 16^2) + (14 x 16^1) + (13 x 16^0)

>      or 29677 according to my hand dandy calculator.

>      I cannot even remember the long way to convert from dec to hex.

>      Now, a computer is Base2 so it has two fingers, and this does not mean 
>      the middle finger raised and rest retracted (unless your running MS 
>      products)!

>      Hex is just the short way of saying:
>      111 0011 1110 1101 in Binary 
>       7    3   E     D  in Hex
>      or in PDP 8 days
>      111 001 111 101 101 in Binary 
>       7   1   7   5   5 in Octal

>      Which would you rather use!! 

>      Go to bookstop, Barnes noble, etc. or college book store. they have 
>      all this in your basic hardware or number conversion book.

>      Later
>      Terry Sare
>      terry_sare at dell.com


> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: Hexidecimal
> Author:  diy_efi-owner at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu at dell_unix
> Date:    12/11/1997 7:50 PM


> At 04:15 PM 12/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >Is there something like hexidecimal for dummies?, or is this simple, 
> >a computer has 16 fingers instead of 10. Does 8 (fingers) make a hand
> >(for the computer) full, that would be the same as saying the 5 of human 
> >hands.  So 8 ozs of gold in hexidecimal weight the same as 5 oz of gold 
> >in our "normal" system.
> >  Just want to make sure I got it right, before it goes into the 
> >archives.
> >  Again Thanks  Bruce   nacelp at bright.net 
> >
> >Hi Bruce

>      Rat shack has a calculator that does the conversion for you. Think its
> about $10

> Vance