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[russg]

tjlazer, on Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:31 PM, said:

I always wondered why we use "Oh" instead if Zero. 68040. Sixty Eight Oh Fourty.

One less syllable.

[flashjazzcat]

R6502A, on Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:14 AM, said:

I have just realised that I should not be contributing to this incorrectly titled thread.

Good spot. I hadn't noticed that. It's one of those thuddingly ironic topic titles.

Edited by flashjazzcat, Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:59 PM.

[flashjazzcat]

Double post.

Edited by flashjazzcat, Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:59 PM.

[Gunstar]

I've always used and heard:

Sixty-five oh two, sixty-five see oh two, sixty-five oh two see
sixty-five eight sixteen

Sixty-eight thousand
Sixty-eight oh twenty/thirty/etc.

[fibrewire]

sack-c0s, on Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:41 AM, said:

I have to go with andy moos list, and add 'thank f*** it's not an x86' as one of my chosen terms

+1 to Andy's list!

[sloopy]

Sally...

Unless its a "Jay Minor 800"... then it the 'Jay's CPU'

:'D
sloopy.

[fibrewire]

sloopy, on Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:17 AM, said:

Sally...

Unless its a "Jay Minor 800"... then it the 'Jay's CPU'

:'D
sloopy.

[JamesD]

6502 - Sixty Five Oh Two
6800 - Sixty Eight Hundred
6803 - Sixty Eight Oh Three
6809 - Sixty Eight Oh Nine
68000 - Sixty Eight Thousand
68020 - Sixty Eight Oh Twenty
68030 - Sixty Eight Oh Thirty
Z80 - Zee Eighty (it's from the US so we get to name it, no damn Zed about it )
4040 - Forty Forty
8080 - Eighty Eighty
9900 - Ninety Nine Hundred
8088 - Eighty Eighty Eight
8086 - Eighty Eighty Six
80186 - Eighty One Eighty Six
80286 - Eighty Two Eighty Six
80386 - Eighty Three Eighty Six