On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 11:48:43AM -0500, Ted Lemon wrote:
> 
> > A Decsystem 20 was a fine machine (we had two at the parent company of Nike
> > where I got my start in this biz), except for the 36 bit wordsize.
> 
> Except for?   The 36-bit wordsize was one of its strengths!   :')   It
> was a great machine for running LISP!

The predecessor of the Convex C1 was a Cyber 172. 60 bit word length. ;-)

	-is

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