Warren Pace wrote:
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Caldarale, Charles R
<chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote:
From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com]
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: So many timeout values
As long as we're on the [OT] subject, how about learning about the
judicious and parcimonious usage of sorted data structures, on a
computer with 16 Kb of RAM and punched paper cards as its only external
memory store (IBM System 4, RPG) ?
2 GB heaps, ha !
Anyone else upping the ante ?
Univac 1004: 961 *6-bit* bytes of core memory, programmed via squids on a
plugboard. Handled punch cards, paper tape, and printing; tape drive optional
(we didn't have one). Had a tendency to throw cards all over the room if not
handled properly.
- Chuck
I'd say you win, Chuck.
Yep, I give up.
I was kind of baiting Chuck, I suspected he would win in the end.
But I was hoping for someone to come up in-between up with a Cromemco or
NortStar CPU board, for S-100 bus, with a telex paper tape reader as
boot device..
The thing above kind of trumps that however.
The only 6-bit bytes machine I remember was a Control Data 6600. It had
10 of them in a word though, so pretty big integers.
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