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REPRESENTATION OF GE-235 CHARACTERS
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The 400-card per minute card reader reads 11-0 and 11-2-8 a s octal 152, and 12-2-8 a s octal
32.
If
the BCD validity check switch i s On, the 11 -2-8 and 12-2-8 punches a r e treated a s indi-
vidual characters.
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The OCTAL notation i s a shorthand f o r binary representation.
Conversion between the two
representations can be done mentally. In the OCTAL system, there a r e eight admissible symbols:
0, 1, 2,
3,
4, 5,
6, 7. Each may represent (when used) a maximum of three binary bits.
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