Odd HP65 OCT to DEC behaviour

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(09-06-2019 07:51 AM)Greg Wrote:  Hi Steve,

The owners manual says, "As an additional feature, the “octal to decimal” conversion will accept non-octal arguments containing the digits 8 or 9. A non-octal number such as 998 will be interpreted as (9 × 8^2) + (9 × 8) + 8 = 656".

So, it's not a bug, it's a FEATURE! B-)

Thanks for that, I have the machine but not the owners manual ( in paper form ).