Some computers have been known to work in base 6.
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zaphod@sopuli.xyz 15 hours agoF is 15, so that’d be weird for hex, and I’ve never seen base 4 or 6 used for anything, base 8 is common for some things but missing here.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
froh42@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
6 bits, 36 bit words. Octal
zarp86@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
It kind of makes sense in that 15 is the last single digit in hex.