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From: mo@messy.bellcore.com (Michael O'Dell)
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Subject: Re: 1620 (Was Odd word size?  Word size?  Word?  Definitely Odd.)
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Date: 10 Oct 90 12:20:27 GMT
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The 1620 Model II actually had a decimal adder but still did table-lookup
multiplies.  One interesting thing to do with a CADET (Model I) was that
by changing the add tables, you could change the arithmetic base!!

Talk about weird bugs...

	-Mike