On 1 Aug 2006 06:17:04 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >I thought I might point out something in this Packed Decimal discussion. > >IBM mainframes are not the only computer systems to use PD! Wang VS >systems (ASCII based) also used PD. Burroughs, if memory serves me >correctly, also used PD. I must assume that UNISYS uses PD. Apparently the Burroughs side of the house no longer has native decimal arithmetic if I understood Chuck Stevens, Unisys representative to ANSI X3J4 (COBOL standards) correctly. > >And again, if memory serves me correctly, the S/36, S/38, and AS/400 all >use PD. I'm not sure if Digital Systems (used to be in Walkersville MD) >changed to PD from BCD -- they started out with an ASCII based (bit >sliced) machine that competed against IBM's S/3. > >So Packed Decimal is not just an IBM thing. > >Later, >Steve Thompson > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
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