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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: 1620 (Was Odd word size?  Word size?  Word?  Definitely Odd.)
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Date: 9 Oct 90 01:35:59 GMT
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(Followups directed to "alt.folklore.computers"; I suspect the only
interest in the 1620 at this point is historical....)

>  Weren't the add tables provided as an extra feature, this feature named
>CADET?

Err, umm, you mean the standard machine couldn't add, period?

No, that's not the case.  The Model 1 (or somesuch) had both add *and*
multiply tables.  The Model 2 (or somesuch) had add hardware, but I
think no multiply hardware, and still had multiply tables.