On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:16:11 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <shmuel+ibm- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >>The 650 also had a 10 digit word in biquinary as its basic unit. > >FSVO. The 650 used 7 bits to represent a digit, ... In particular, 1-out-of-2 plus 1-out-of-five. At least that's what it was in the CPU (registers, etc). I have no idea what it was on drum. >...but another definition >of biquinary referred to a 2-out-of-5 code. I was miffed that the DPMA >CDP exam asked for the definition of biquinary without indicating >which machine they had in mind. >... Did they accept either definition? Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
