32-bit bit slice?

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Mon Feb 11 06:35:17 2002

> Odd questions, perhaps:
> Was there ever a commercial 32-bit machine built with 2901s?
> Other bit slice devices?
>
> What is the longest word length machines done in bit-slice?
>
> Is there a practical limit to the word length of a 2901-based
> machine?

The Prime 400 was built using the 2901; it was 32-bit and
supported a paged, segmented virtual memory space.

-dq
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 06:35:17 GMT