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February 2002, Week 4

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Re: Dreams of 6-bit machines
From:
Dave Waroff <[log in to unmask]>
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Dave Waroff <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:58:42 -0800
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The UNIVAC/Sperry-Univac/Unisys 1100 (now 2200) could
use 6-bit or 9-bit characters. I recall 3 different instruction
sets for character access (on different models). It was a
36-bit word-oriented machine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David T Darnell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT: Dreams of 6-bit machines
>
>
> OK, maybe I've been reading way to much of this list's posts,
> but for two
> nights now I have had a dream wherein a person is explaining
> that their
> strategy is to use "some of these old 6-bit machines" and
> that they work
> great for mundane task like printing and other "utility"
> tasks.  Then they
> ...

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