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In article <3287@kalliope.rice.edu> phil@Rice.edu (William LeFebvre) writes:
}In article <4452@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) writes:
}>From foggy memory:
}
}Let me clear some of the fog!  :-)
}[Seriously, I'm not trying to show off or criticize, I'm just trying to
}gently correct minor mistakes.  No insult intended.]

And none taken.

}>Physically, each AP-101 consists of two metal boxes (very) roughly 1' x
}>1.5' x 3', each and weighing about 90 lbs, each.  My memory gets much
}>foggier here, but I recall one box is the CPU and the other is sort of a
}>giant math co-processor.  The boxes are connected by a 2" diameter cable.
}
}The second box is the IOP (Input/output processor).  I don't think it does
}any math crunching.

Right you are.  It begins to come back to me now.  My personal memory
is degraded more than I thought.

}>Mass data storage is provided by the Main Memory Unit (MMU), a mag-tape
}                                      ^^^^
}                                      Mass Memory Unit.

Right again.

Thanks for the corrections.

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