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>4 bits to your byte Did that used to be called a 'nibble' or am I making that up?
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Byte#History Time was, a byte could be anywhere from 4 to 12 bits, depending on the architecture. A "nybble" is half a "byte".
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https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Byte#History Time was, a byte could be anywhere from 4 to 12 bits, depending on the architecture. A "nybble" is half a "byte".
7 bit bytes were an interesting time. Thank god the System 360 came around and decided to start standardizing things.
Maybe my kids say things like "We had to wait until our methods had been called before we calculated our return values! We couldn't rely on Just-In-Time-Reverse-Causality-Compilation to optimize our code! Get off my hyperlawn!"
Are you a novice programmer who feels regretful that they are spoiled by the modern world of programming? Confused by your own nostalgia for a time years before you were born? Want to relive the glory days of bliknenlichten, mainframes of solid gold and necks of solid beard, from the comfort of your own home? Well then you'll love the world of Microcontroller Programming! You too can spend weeks optimising your opcod…
Bah humbug! Now I feel like a greybeard - all this arduino stuff is spoiling you. Some of the microcontrollers I used to use only gave you 4 bits to your byte, try telling that to youngsters nowadays! I had one of the most entertaining hours of my university career in a lecture entitles 101 uses for a 555 timer, it should have been subtitled how to use and totally abuse a 555 timer.
(I'm just gonna end the joke there. This isn't going anywhere good.)
Anybody else think its weird his posts are continually on the homepage?
Not at all, given that he was an active member and prolific member of HN and now that he has taken a break from HN he has all this free time to just write.
Are you a novice programmer who feels regretful that they are spoiled by the modern world of programming? Confused by your own nostalgia for a time years before you were born? Want to relive the glory days of bliknenlichten, mainframes of solid gold and necks of solid beard, from the comfort of your own home? Well then you'll love the world of Microcontroller Programming! You too can spend weeks optimising your opcod…
Bah humbug! Now I feel like a greybeard - all this arduino stuff is spoiling you. Some of the microcontrollers I used to use only gave you 4 bits to your byte, try telling that to youngsters nowadays! I had one of the most entertaining hours of my university career in a lecture entitles 101 uses for a 555 timer, it should have been subtitled how to use and totally abuse a 555 timer.
Anybody else think its weird his posts are continually on the homepage?
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7 bit bytes were an interesting time. Thank god the System 360 came around and decided to start standardizing things.
I wonder how long it will be before I'm going around saying "In my day, our bits could only be in one of two states!" Maybe my kids say things like "We had to wait until our methods had been called before we calculated our return values! We couldn't rely on Just-In-Time-Reverse-Causality-Compilation to optimize our code! Get off my hyperlawn!"
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this greybeard is looking forward to going retro videogame mad with gameduino. http://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/
Me too. I see he has done well with his kickstarter project. What on earth is he going to do with >$26,000? It doesn't cost that much to produce and ship the promised goodies to the backers, and it's not like he's going to need to spend a lot on marketing the thing. I guess he could just pay his living expenses for a bit while he works on it. What's the general etiquette/precedent on kickstarter when someone receives…
But, then again I'm a first-time kickstarter user, so perhaps greybeards from there have a different opinion.
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this greybeard is looking forward to going retro videogame mad with gameduino. http://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/
Me too. I see he has done well with his kickstarter project. What on earth is he going to do with >$26,000? It doesn't cost that much to produce and ship the promised goodies to the backers, and it's not like he's going to need to spend a lot on marketing the thing. I guess he could just pay his living expenses for a bit while he works on it. What's the general etiquette/precedent on kickstarter when someone receives…