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Converting Decimals to Floating Point Binary

Authors

John Bowden

Publication

Syntax

Pub Details

Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v4 n1Volume: 4 Issue: 1

Date

January 1983

Pages

7
See all articles from Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v4 n1

Explains how positive integers are converted to Sinclair’s internal floating point.

Tags

Syntax 1983 TS 1000 Tutorial

People

John Bowden

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