Hi,
Tom Jennings said:
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Stan Barr wrote:
>
> > Tom Jennings said:
>
> > > How many computers (automatic, electronic, digital,
> > > stored-program, etc) used an odd number of bits?
> >
> > EDSAC was 18 bit, but only 17 were used due to timimg constraints,
> > does that count?
>
> Really!?!? I suppose it ought to count! :-)
To further confuse things, long words were 35 bits and the accumulator
71 bits!
(I've been playing with the emulator...)
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Sat Dec 25 2004 - 04:44:19 GMT