IBM System/3 turns 40 !

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Thu Jul 30 20:02:52 CDT 2009


On 31 Jul 2009 at 0:47, Philip Leonard WVØT wrote:

> It was BCD, sort of.  The six "rows" were labeled "B", "A", "8", "4",
> "2", "1".

Bob Bradlee indicates that there were two "hidden" rows of bits.  But 
yeah, BA8421 is what I remember.  Kind of like the bit naming on 7 
track tape or a 1401.

--Chuck




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