At 09:35 AM 9/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Then there was the little IBM machine we called the CADET -- can't add, >doesn't even try. Used table lookup for arithmetic. Did pioneer the concept >of a subroutine loading on call, as far as I know
That's interesting. If memory serves you can do addition and subtraction using an FSM. Was that the actual implementation? What about multiplication and division though? Well, you could do multiplication using multiple additions. Division? Interesting to see how difficult things could be back then. (Things are better now, right?) --- Dustin Puryear Puryear Information Technology, LLC http://www.puryear-it.com Providing expertise in the management, integration, and security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.
