IBM 360 turns 40 today

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Wed Apr 7 20:24:13 2004

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

> >From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
> >
> >On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
> >
> >> One thing puzzles me. What's so significant about 40 years?
> >
> >Because 8 years ago this hobby was at a level that is a small fraction
>
> Hi Sellam
> You missed the point, 40 is base 10, 32 is base 2.
                                        ^^

  O really? I see some extra digits have been added to the radix2
character set since I last studied Boolean Integer Math...


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 Cheers

Johnni V-NuMann
Received on Wed Apr 07 2004 - 20:24:13 BST