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From: tgg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Looking for a really odd computer
Message-ID: <780019@otter.hpl.hp.com>
Date: 4 Oct 90 07:41:15 GMT
References: <2721@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
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The Elliott 803 had a 39 bit word which could contain two 19 bit instructions
plus a modifier bit. Using modern terminology, the modifier allowed indexed
addressing modes to be synthesised.

Max 8K words of memory 0.576ms (not a typo) instruction cycle time.