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Re: CR/LF problems after upgrade
Dave Korn wrote:
> On 18 January 2007 19:23, Cary Jamison wrote:
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>> Of course, toggling in the program to make the lights go round and
>> round was more entertaining! 12-bit words, never did figure out the
>> reasoning behind that!
>
>
> I note that it's the smallest number that divides by both 3 and 4,
> meaning it's a whole number of digits in either hex or octal.
Don't think I've heard that one before - probably makes about as much sense
as any other that I'm sure I've forgotten by now.
Cary