> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi....@nanog.org Fri Feb 17 13:11:28 > 2012 > To: Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> > Subject: Re: Common operational misconceptions > From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu > Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:04:45 -0500 > Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> > > On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:49:13 PST, Owen DeLong said: > > Now, come on... If you're in the 40-50 range, you should have put octal > > before hex. :p > > IBM S/360 definitely preferred hex. And EBCDIC.
And the _real_ number crunchers used ones-complement arithmetic. Which led to to mahines that couldn't add -- they did addition by 'complement and subtract'.
