[COFF] HP16C Re: [TUHS] Re: forth on early unix

[Dan Cross via COFF]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM Dennis Boone via COFF <coff at tuhs.org> wrote:
>
>  > With respect to the 16c itself, the bitwise functions are kind of
>  > neat, but I believe they top out at 16 bits; the display is probably
>  > the limiting factor there.
>
> Er, pretty sure everything the machine does works up to 64 bits.  The
> screen display is admittedly a bit tedious for word sizes that don't fit
> in the base you're using.

You are correct!  I sat down and looked into it and yes, it supports
word sizes up to 64 bits.  But it is kind of tedious because of the
display.

        - Dan C.