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HP-29C: 98 Program Steps, So, why not an even 100?
08-27-2019, 04:57 PM
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RE: HP-29C: 98 Program Steps, So, why not an even 100?
(08-27-2019 03:10 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  So what you're saying is that the real question is why did the 25 have 49 steps instead of 50. Smile

Because the RAM chips hold a whole number of 56-bit (7-byte) registers. The total number of program steps, each occupying one byte, is therefore necessarily going to be a multiple of 7.

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RE: HP-29C: 98 Program Steps, So, why not an even 100? - grsbanks - 08-27-2019 04:57 PM



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