Why 16 is used in calculating the DPRTY ?
as, DPRTY = (num1, num2),
THEN, DPRTY = 16* num1 + num2

Answer Posted / dispatcher

Supervisor allocate for DPRTY in memory just 1 byte. It
means 255 different values at all. num1 and num2 is a half-
byte = 4 bit. 1 bit == 2 values, 4 bit == 16 values.

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