25 Oct
2010
25 Oct
'10
8 a.m.
--- On Mon, 10/25/10, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
Hmm. Must have missed that flame war then. Was not aware of that - my knowledge of IBM
mainframes is limited, having only read things like marketing literature and overviews.
Now, Prime, on the other hand. That I know. I know for a fact that the Prime 200, released
in 1972, was a 32 bit machine. Slow as hell, but 32 bits nonetheless. :)
-Ian
> Yeah, good
heavens, how about all the IBM 360/370
mainframes?!
Those mainframes weren't 32 bit though. They were
*much more* than 32
bit. What was it, two 64 bit registers or
something
like that? I
don't remember, but I'm pretty sure
it's not just a
straight 32 bit
machine :D
Well, as we've flamed about before, this is largely
a matter of interpretation. The "general consensus",
however, is that the S/360 and S/370 families are 32-bit
machines.