Re: 25th Anniversary of 36 Bits

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From: John G Dobnick
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1989 05:20

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From article <21951@cup.portal.com>, by lsheldon@cup.portal.com (Laurence Larry Sheldon):
> Must be talking about _DEC_ 36-bit machines.  I pretty sure UNIVAC and
> probably 1BM and maybe others had 36-bit machines before 1959.
> 
> Come to think of it USE is almost 35 years old, and it (besides being
> the oldest user-group on the planet) was formed around--what--1107's?


Actually, I think it was originally formed by 1103 users.  Let me check
my USE inc. history book here...



Ah yes.   Quoting from the official history text:

      "Since 1955, when 4 users of the Univac 1103 met to discuss stand-
   ares for programming and subroutines,..."


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