Base
Conversions
and
Arithmetic
10
The
BASE
menu (Hi base
I)
lets you change the number base used for
entering numbers and other operations (including programming).
Changing bases also converts the
displayed
number to the new base.
The
BASE
Menu
Menu
Label
Description
{DEC}
{HX}
{OC}
{BN}
Decimal
mode.
No
annunciator.
Converts
numbers
to
base
10. Numbers have integer and fractional parts.
Hexadecimal
mode.
HEX
annunciator
on.
Converts
num
bers to base 16;
uses
integers only. The top-row keys
become
digits
[t]
through
fTl.
Octal
mode.
OCT
annunciator
on.
Converts
numbers
to
base 8; uses integers
only.
The
QT),
QD
, and unshifted top-
row
keys
are
inactive.
Binary,
mode.
BIN
annunciator
on.
Converts
numbers
to
base 2; uses integers
only.
Digit
keys other than Qj]and
(T), and the unshifted top-row functions are inactive. If a
number
is longer than 12 digits, then
the
outer
top-row
keys (Q*Jand IS+l) are active for
viewing
windows.
(See
"Windows for Long Binary Numbers" in this chapter.)
Examples: Converting
the
Base of a Number. The
following
key
strokes
do
various
base
conversions.
Convert
125.9910
to hexadecimal, octal, and binary numbers.
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Base
Conversions
and
Arithmetic
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