Here's what happens when an 18 year old buys a mainframe...

[Camiel Vanderhoeven]

Yes, we're talking address space here. The 390 had 31-bit addresses.
Op 30 mrt. 2016 10:49 a.m. schreef "Mark Linimon" <linimon at lonesome.com>:

> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 08:34:00PM +1300, Mike Ross wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:26 PM, Mark Linimon <linimon at lonesome.com>
> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 03:54:40PM +1300, Mike Ross wrote:
> > >> they were strictly 31-bit only.
> > >
> > > Dang, I suspected they were hobbled, but that's painful.
>
> I guess I didn't highlight the joke.  Thirty-*one* bits?
>
> mcl
>