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From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: byte alignment - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 1-May-84 19:23:16 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  1 19:23:16 1984
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fortune!rpw3    May  1 16:04:00 1984

But on an IBM 1620, the multiply (and I believe, even the add)
was done by table-lookup from a set of tables loaded into low-core
at boot time.

One of the favorite "jokes" (*not if you ask me*) was to "adjust"
the table and then walk away from the machine.  The next guy in
line really had fun.

Rob Warnock

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