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Article #2160Re: 25th Anniversary of 36 Bits
From: jean-david.beyer
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1989 12:47
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1989 12:47
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In article <4564@shlump.nac.dec.com>, michaud@decvax.dec.com (Jeff Michaud) writes: > In article <3624@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>, beyer@cbnewsh.ATT.COM > (jean-david.beyer) writes: > > Am I missing something. The PDP-6 and PDP-10 were not the first > > 36-bit machines. The IBM701 was 36bit data (instructions 18 bit, 2 per > > word), and the 704 of the mid '50's was 36bit word data and instructions. > > So we are past the 30 birthday of 36 bit machines. > this newgroup is comp.org.decus :-) Why would a > DECUS related event celebrate birthdays for > IBM machines? :-) > I get it. On my machine, this newsgroup is called comp.arch, not comp.org. decus. Hence the confusion. Actually, were anyone wishing to celebrate an IBM machine, it sure would not be a recent one. THe last one I managed to like was a 7094. It is hard to like anything they did since, unless one is a stockholder. -- Jean-David Beyer AT&T Bell Laboratories Holmdel, New Jersey, 07733 attunix!beyer
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!ncar!asuvax!mcdphx!mcdchg!att!cbnewsh!beyer From: beyer@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (jean-david.beyer) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 25th Anniversary of 36 Bits Summary: Newsgroup naming confusion Keywords: 36-bits DEC-10 DEC-20 DECUS Message-ID: <3728@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> Date: 8 Sep 89 12:47:36 GMT References: <3624@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> <428@pp.ACA.MCC.COM> <4564@shlump.nac.dec.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 30