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Numbers Held Inexactly on the ZX81, Part 4

Authors

Frank O'Hara

Publication

Syntax

Pub Details

Syntax/Syntax ZX80 v3 n6Volume: 3 Issue: 6

Date

June 1982

Pages

19-20
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The ZX81 doesn’t hold simple decimals like .5 & .25 exactly.

Tags

1982 TS 1000 Type-in program ZX81

People

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