Re: computer bootlaces

From	Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com>
Newsgroups	alt.usage.english, alt.folklore.computers, alt.religion.kibology, comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject	Re: computer bootlaces
Followup-To	alt.religion.kibology
Date	2011-09-29 14:14 +0100
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References	(7 earlier) <IU.D20110927.T155030.P20955.Q0@J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost> <16l9l8x45e.ln2@news.ducksburg.com> <IU.D20110928.T135548.P2564.Q0@J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost> <m96cl8xaj2.ln2@news.ducksburg.com> <IU.D20110929.T085639.P3673.Q0@J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost>

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On 2011-09-29, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:

>>> Xe is supposedly British, and BBC BASIC, which has & for hexadecimal
>>> notation, had been around for seven years at that point.
>>
>> I never used BBC Basic, so I'll take your word for it.  I'm fairly
>> sure both kinds I used on the Apple ][ range didn't have hexadecimal,
>> and a bit less sure that Turbo Basic didn't have it.
>
> Turbo BASIC, like some others, has (prefixed) $ for hexadecimal notation.

OK, I'll take your word for that too.  I don't remember using
hexadecimal in it, and I don't know where the disks are or whether it
would run in DOSBox.



-- 
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to
chance.                                     [Robert R. Coveyou]

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Re: computer bootlaces Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2011-09-27 16:50 +0100
  Re: computer bootlaces "Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> - 2011-09-27 13:54 -0400
  Re: computer bootlaces Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2011-09-27 12:57 -0700
  Re: computer bootlaces Ben Yates <winston19842005@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-27 13:55 -0700
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    Re: computer bootlaces Stan Barr <plan.b@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-09-28 18:30 +0000
    Re: computer bootlaces Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2011-09-28 19:40 +0100
      Re: computer bootlaces Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2011-09-29 09:56 +0100
        Re: computer bootlaces Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2011-09-29 14:14 +0100

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