William Mutch wrote in
ell.edu:

We have PLCs at work, Allen Bradley, and they use Octal for the numbering
system. For the longest time, I wondered why the electronics department
have the schematics hand scribbled "actual slot 8" for the slot that the
schematic has labeled as having an address of 10. It's quite easy using
the octal addresses.

Fortunately we don't do any programming, so all we need to do is to find
the correct input/output and look for voltages and logic states.

Now Hex, I think that would make things a little harder for me to
understand. But I like the clock idea, that would be a great conversation
piece.

Regards



In article ,
says...

"snip"

The arbitrary sacrifice of Analog Displays by the younger generations
is truly a sad thing. I have seen teenagers unable to tell the time
on an analog clock.

We do not have digital minds, and digital electronics are not
necessarily bringing the bliss to society that the modern public has
been programmed...

Where I work there is a clock who'se face has been altered to
read:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C