Xref: utzoo comp.arch:11293 comp.org.decus:394 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!decvax.dec.com From: michaud@decvax.dec.com (Jeff Michaud) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.org.decus Subject: Re: 25th Anniversary of 36 Bits Keywords: 36-bits DEC-10 DEC-20 DECUS Message-ID: <4564@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 7 Sep 89 23:13:55 GMT References: <3624@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> <428@pp.ACA.MCC.COM> Sender: news@shlump.nac.dec.com Followup-To: comp.arch Lines: 16 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. Yes, you are missing something, and that is that this newgroup is comp.org.decus :-) Why would a DECUS related event celebrate birthdays for IBM machines? :-) /--------------------------------------------------------------\ |Jeff Michaud michaud@decwrl.dec.com michaud@decvax.dec.com| |DECnet-ULTRIX #include | \--------------------------------------------------------------/