Xref: utzoo comp.arch:11423 comp.org.decus:397 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.org.decus Subject: Re: 25th Anniversary of 36 Bits Message-ID: <87@uwm.edu> Date: 16 Sep 89 05:20:14 GMT References: <21951@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Followup-To: comp.arch Lines: 27 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,..." -- John G Dobnick Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee INTERNET: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu UUCP: !uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!jgd "Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight." -- William Safire