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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? |
| Date | 2020-12-12 01:37 +0000 |
| Organization | NewsGuy.com |
| Message-ID | <rr16t31si7@news4.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <slrnrt4o31.tei.maus@dmaus.org> <rqutjc$sjs$1@dont-email.me> <87360cevxl.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> <rr0csg$pso$3@gal.iecc.com> <55f722ff-9411-45f6-8bc3-13d44c911fb3n@googlegroups.com> |
On 2020-12-11, Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> wrote: > On Friday, December 11, 2020 at 12:13:39 PM UTC-6, John Levine wrote: > >> Mike Spencer wrote: >> >>> I think my Osborne I was more powerful than the IBM 1620. (Serious >>> tecnology wonks may correct me.) >> >> No doubt. The IBM 1620 was known as CADET for Can't Add, Doesn't Even >> Try. It was a decimal serial machine and did all arithmetic by table >> lookup. Each instruction took 100us or more. Nonetheless, it was >> reliable and fast enough that it was used as part of the IBM 1710 >> which was the first real time process control system. > > The above reply applies to the IBM 1620 Model I (one). > The word "CADET" was the code name before the first delivery, it was > just a code word; almost all IBM hardware had a code name assigned to it > during design/production before the first delivery. They were just names. > The model II (two) didn't use lookup tables except for multiplication. > Model III was about to go into production, but was cancelled because of > the upcoming IBM 360, and IBM didn't want anything to compete with the > 360, even other IBM computers. Sounds familiar, like the way the original IBM Personal Computer was crippled so as not to compete with the Displaywriter. I do love the cleverness of that CADET back-formation, though... -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | "Some of you may die, \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | but it's a sacrifice X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | I'm willing to make." / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Lord Farquaad (Shrek)
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-11 06:54 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-12-11 09:46 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-12-11 18:13 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> - 2020-12-11 11:29 -0800
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-12 01:37 +0000
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Re: IBM 1620 and its successors, not An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-12 06:58 -0700
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-12 17:40 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-12 19:28 +0000
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-12-12 23:28 -0500
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-12-14 19:13 +0000
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-12 19:57 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-13 16:23 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-12-13 11:47 -0500
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-13 15:11 -0700
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-13 23:23 +0000
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-12-13 11:22 -0600
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-11 11:46 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-11 17:22 -0700
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-12-12 02:24 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-12-12 10:16 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-12-10 16:28 -0400
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Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-08 21:01 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-12-08 22:28 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-12-09 01:12 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-09 11:43 +0000
Re: An Xmyth stack overflow ? drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-12-08 20:57 -0600
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