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RE: IBM 7080 160K bytes of core

That should be 160,000 not 160K. 7080 was a 8-bit byte machine before IBM introduced their 16-bit byte sexadecimal machines -- which IBM called hexadecimal.

22 posted on 04/11/2014 3:13:14 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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I have to correct my errors.. the 7080 was a 6-bit byte (ASCII) machine. Later IBM introduced their 8-bit byte sexadecimal machines (IBM used the word hexidecimal). IIRC each version contained an extra bit called a parity bit.


38 posted on 04/11/2014 7:52:13 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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