25 Dec
2004
25 Dec
'04
10:58 a.m.
>>>> "Tom" == Tom Jennings
<tomj(a)wps.com> writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ... bits ...
Tom> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Witchy wrote:
> Yep, all of that :)
Tom> How many computers (automatic, electronic, digital,
Tom> stored-program, etc) used an odd number of bits?
Philips EL-X8, home of the famous THE operating system -- 27 bits.
Tom> Were any of them not signed-magnitude? Eg. odd number of bits
Tom> 2's complement?
I'm not sure. Might have a reference somewhere.
Also, wasn't the Goodyear STARAN supercomputer a one bit computer?
paul