He didn’t actually base it on the Yiching, he just noticed that it could be expressed neatly in binary. But he had come up with binary code before that.
Thanks for pointing me to that. Here is some source material.
https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=395
Thanks for pointing me to that. Here is some source material.
https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=395