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From: art@acc.arpa
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Subject: Out of the past
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Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 15:08:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 29 15:08:55 1987
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>Anybody remember the Bendix G-15 (hi Doug) with 29-bit words?

Boy, talk about a name from the dim past.  The Bendix G-15 was
the first computer I got my hands on.  The beast was a bit larger
than a file cabinet and was packed with vacumn tubes.  As I recall,
the main memory was a magnetic drum (no ferrite core memory) and
programs were written to take into account the rotation of the drum
for fetching data and/or next instruction.  The machine would go
bonkers if the ambient temperature got much over 80F.

My next major experience was with an IBM 1620.  I believe that was
a much better known machine.

					Art Berggreen
					art@acc.arpa

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