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Qui-binary arithmetic: how a 1960s IBM mainframe d...
Shouldn't it rather be “bi-quinary” instead of “qui-binary”?
kens
on Oct 26, 2015
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As the first footnote explains, bi-quinary numbers are what an abacus uses: one part is 0,1,2,3 or 4 and the other is 0 or 5. Qui-binary numbers are the opposite: one part is 0,2,4,6 or 8 and the other part is 0 or 1.
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