Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!husc6!encore!pinocchio.encore.com From: jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff Kenton) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Looking for a really odd computer Message-ID: <12896@encore.Encore.COM> Date: 9 Oct 90 15:19:15 GMT References: <61237@fuquad.ccur.com> Sender: news@Encore.COM Lines: 20 From article <61237@fuquad.ccur.com>, by simon@fuquad.ccur.com (Simon Rosenthal): >> >>The PDP-1 had 18 bits. Nice machine. >> > Not to mention its descendants, the PDP-9 and PDP-15. I remember there being > a whole roomful of these in use at Massachusetts General Hospital (running > MUMPS), as late as 1983/4. > And the PDP-4 and PDP-7 in between. ----- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- ----- jeff kenton: consulting at jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com ----- ----- always at (617) 894-4508 ----- ----- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -----