13 Nov
2005
13 Nov
'05
4:10 a.m.
On 11/12/2005 at 10:53 PM William Donzelli wrote:
I remember sitting at the design briefing in 1976 and saying "Forget the 64
bits, the customers will still run it in 6000 emulation mode." And I
believe that was largely true. It may be a 180 to you, but it's a
6000-series machine to me.
CDC already had a 64 bit machine when that thing came out. They didn't
need another one.
Cheers,
Chuck
Ah, that IS
sad. :( I have a soft spot in my heart for the 60-bit
architecture.
Cyber 180 'taint 60 bit - it was the kludge that gave CDC 64 bits. The
180s had a super-kludge to emulate the 60 bit machines, including a
schizo OS.