strangest systems I've sent email from

[ben]

On 5/21/2016 6:42 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 21 May 2016 at 07:14, Sean Conner <spc at conman.org> wrote:
>>
>>   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_mainframes_that_is/
>

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.