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From: phil@unisoft.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: IBM 1620 10000x10000 digit multiplication
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Date: Sun, 6-May-84 17:57:14 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  6 17:57:14 1984
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The 1401 (another 2nd generation IBM machine) was also a variable
length character machine. The printer always printed from a fixed
location in memory, and for a demo of the machine, I had a one card
program that set the 132 character print area to a 1, printed it,
added it to itself and looped. The growing printer noise as the
power of two rose was always impressive.

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