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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: IBM 1620 10000x10000 digit multiplication
Message-ID: <105@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-May-84 14:51:51 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  5 14:51:51 1984
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This all reminds me of the nicnkame of the 1620 Model I, which was
CADET "can't add, doesn't even try", referring to the fact that
the Mod I did addition by table lookup.  The Mod II had add hardware,
but still multiplied by lookup.

-- 
Ed Gould
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