History of Computing exam question

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Sat Dec 1 13:01:34 2001

From: One Without Reason <vance_at_ikickass.org>
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>> Well for one the PDP-6 was a 36 bit machine that predated the PDP10.
>> The PDP-7 was an 18bitter, and unix was devoped on it because they had
>> one and not many other good reasons.
>
>So what? The fact that UNIX was developed on it is in itself a historic
>fact.


The fact that unix was not developed on 36 bit. And the 18bit machines
were somewhat different from the 36bitters. Oh, and while they were both
DEC K&R happed to have access to the PDP-7.

Allison
Received on Sat Dec 01 2001 - 13:01:34 GMT