A new computer has been acquired by the management of CIPOL a research lab sited around Teshie to help in the analysis of samples of blood taken from suspected cases of COVID-19. Upon testing the computer, it was realized by technicians that it can only process data fed into it in the form of sign-magnitude. However, all the equipment in CIPOL works in the 2’complement environment. There is currently no interface to link the old systems to the new computer. As the technical team leader, you have been tasked to brief management on the problem on hand. You are to: Critically explain the challenge faced by your team in connection with the new and old computers and propose a solution to it. Given the raw data AB8716, perform the necessary manipulation to feed the new computer. On a trial base, you were given 415678 to generate an 18-bit sign-magnitude number for the computer
A new computer has been acquired by the management of CIPOL a research lab sited around Teshie to help in the analysis of samples of blood taken from suspected cases of COVID-19. Upon testing the computer, it was realized by technicians that it can only process data fed into it in the form of sign-magnitude. However, all the equipment in CIPOL works in the 2’complement environment. There is currently no interface to link the old systems to the new computer. As the technical team leader, you have been tasked to brief management on the problem on hand. You are to:
Critically explain the challenge faced by your team in connection with the new and old computers and propose a solution to it.
Given the raw data AB8716, perform the necessary manipulation to feed the new computer.
On a trial base, you were given 415678 to generate an 18-bit sign-magnitude number for the computer
Step by step
Solved in 4 steps
