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adding binary and negative binary
i dont get how it works. but the book didnt tell me. so i'm not worrying about it

but right now i cant even make it work

i dont get how it knows the difference.

like 1111 1111

could be -1 or 255

also how do i represent -255 ?

please explain. or give a link

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There are 3 systems commonly used to do this. They are known as
sign and magnitude, one's compliment and two's complement. Google for these first.


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=( the link dont work.

i know the flip for 1's and add 1 for 2's (dont know why) thing which makes it negative. i dont get how it knows the difference
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ah oh well =) i think i got it work. i dont know (and dont want to know right now) how it works.

thanks for the help tho =)
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