Sujet : Re: What is an N-bit machine?
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.archDate : 28. Nov 2024, 22:42:19
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On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:56:23 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:
The original /360 had a 24-bit address space. The plan had been to make
it 32-bit clean, but some people didn't get the memo, reasulting in a
lot of hassle later on.
Apple went through the same sort of thing. Yet it managed the transition
much more cleanly.
This in spite of having an installed base that was orders of magnitude
larger than the IBM System/360 family.