Early computers was Re: Relay computers

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Sun Sep 26 16:12:17 2004

Ron Hudson wrote:

> no one... just me just now... Didn't and older IBM machine store
> numbers digit
> by digit in consecutive words (allowing you to setup integers as
> long/wide as you
> needed) ?

The IBM 1620 did that. Mind you back then you used about
10 digits for most math. Simh will emulate that machine but I
don't think there is any software ( assembler / fortran II ) around still
for that machine.
Received on Sun Sep 26 2004 - 16:12:17 BST