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G.W. Walker
 
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Default Binary numbering and how to teach a moron

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Tim Mitchell wrote:
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BigWallop wrote:


Thanks Colin. I've already started this, but I'm running out of paper
already. :-))



Ahem :-)


0 00000000
1 00000001
2 00000010


... translating this to the actual switches is not that straight forward
though. Switch 1 (the least significant bit) is usually on the left not
the right. And people can't work out that 0 is "OFF" and 1 is "ON", or
indeed which way the switch has to be for off and on.


Oh, I can make it read the other way around, and print
ON/OFF rather than 1/0, if you like. Joys of MATLAB :-)

G.