somewhat OT: the return of decimal mode

[woodelf]

Chuck Guzis wrote:

> On 10/11/2006 at 1:57 PM woodelf wrote:
> 
> 
>>No it is the way you pack the data.
> 
> 
> I can see how manipulating the data (and the circuitry involved therein)
> might be a basis for a patent, but how can one legitimately patent a
> representation of a number?  How many of the required 100 states out of 128
> possible would have to overlap before I'm sued for infringement?  Am I
> infringing more if I use Gray code, XS3, biquinary, or LFSR states to
> represent my 100 states? 
> 
> Cheers,
> Chuck
Check here. This was not the orginal link I thought of.
All I know is with IBM they seem to have invented this
packing algorithom most likely patented for hardware.
http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/