21 May
2016
21 May
'16
7:12 p.m.
On 5/21/2016 6:42 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 21 May 2016 at 07:14, Sean Conner <spc at
conman.org> wrote:
Strange how 36 bit computers have never left us. The real computers go
to the US Goverment, and Windows goes to the UNWASHED MASSES.
I wonder how things would have changed if the PDP 11 was 18 bits?
Ben.
Oh my! I'm reading the manual for the C compiler for the Unisys 2200 [1]
system and it's dated 2013! And yes, it does appear to be a 36-bit non-byte
addressable system.
And you can run the OS free of charge on high-end x86 kit:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/31/free_x86_mainframes_for_all_virtual…