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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Looking for a really odd computer
Message-ID: <2736@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 5 Oct 90 16:31:30 GMT
References: <129258@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY
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In article <129258@pyramid.pyramid.com> lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes:
| Sure, lots of them.  Examples are the old RCA 301 which used
| BCD code internally.....12 bits per character.....
| 
| Also some of the early Univacs used a duodecimal based numbering
| scheme based on 12 rather than the 16 of "modern" computers....

  Ummm, most people would consider 12 and 16 "even" rather than odd. I
sure am learning a lot about "strange" computer words, though.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
    VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.