Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Computes at CERN (Re: history of ASCII and IBM ratfucking, and the VAX ) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:19:19 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 9 Message-ID: <20260915081919.00004e4c@gmail.com> References: <10qehuo$2nu4m$1@dont-email.me> <87h5pqwd5j.fsf@localhost> <10qs7og$129km$4@dont-email.me> <10qt6h6$19mab$1@dont-email.me> <10qucqd$cs9$2@gal.iecc.com> <87zf3horqg.fsf@localhost> <87pkykc7s9.fsf_-_@debian> <11814e0$2vofg$1@dont-email.me> <87cxujd9pu.fsf@debian> <1181eh1$339lf$1@dont-email.me> <1181knq$339lf$3@dont-email.me> <1187665$10c2s$1@dont-email.me> <118agf7$24bfv$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:19:23 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2638927"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18QPiRUGcybAvFA1Z9Huqfxf1ZLQB9bEeY="; posting-host="b3edb4c453c2a13a2c65234320d253eb" Cancel-Lock: sha1:69snp12CrnYtExhyONK+ap98SrA= sha256:rp3ESKOaxm5pnz8N2rcujLw8/A5NOZARFwz87bX4uE4= sha1:nThxhbj6sXNUAzmbR5zLhRcT6fo= sha256:OOzoa29hMaKUf5xbIt3O+4ZIjNjbt7yZM6w8TQjNtII= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:235643 On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:10:15 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro wrote: > Prof William =E2=80=9CMr IEEE-754=E2=80=9D Kahan=E2=80=99s foreword to th= e =E2=80=9CStandard Apple > Numerics Manual=E2=80=9D had this to say about some of those machines: Oh that's wonderfully cheeky =3D^_^=3D