Perfect! ;) Thank you Jason. I found it very useful as well for the same reasons you have listed. WBR Dmitry. > Texas Instruments called that "Rad100" (radix 100) in their processors that > supported it directly. I find it very convenient to use: it's easier to > convert to decimal than plain binary numbers, and easier to calculate with > than BCD (if your processor doesn't directly support BCD). Another > advantage over BCD is that you have one completely unused bit per byte, > which can be used to indicate a decimal point, or the end of a > variable-length number. > Jason Harper -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu