28 Jun
2013
28 Jun
'13
8:59 a.m.
In article <539CFBE84C931A4E8516F3BBEA36C7AA01187AAB7D at 505MBX2.corp.vnw.com>,
Rich Alderson <RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org> writes:
How do you fit that into an 18-bit machine based on an
8-bit byte?
(Hint: Look at DEC's 18-bit family to see what a real 18-bit system does.)
See Chapter 6 "The PDP-1 and Other 18-Bit Computers" from
<http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/_Books/Bell-ComputerEngineering.pdf>
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