Common operational misconceptions

Randy Bush randy at psg.com
Fri Feb 17 19:44:05 UTC 2012


> GCOS - 36 bits and Octal and BCD (ASCII added later)
> DEC 10 and 20 - 36 bits and Octal
> PDP-8 - Octal

704 - was i think 36-bit but the mind fades
704x/709x - 36 bit
1401 - variable word length with BCD+zone-bit encoding per char

randy




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