APL\360 thought no one would ever need 9MB, so they used the top bit
of a 24 bit address field.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM Rob Schramm
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> They gave you the proverbial bakers dozen, what more do you need?  After
> all "640K ought to be enough for anybody"
>
> Yes.. I am mixing my OS's.. but I thought it was apropos.
>
> Rob
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2026, 8:46 PM Paul Gilmartin <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 3 Jul 2026 09:50:05 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote:
> >
> > >What was the only IBM device to have exactly 13 PF keys?
> > >    ...
> > Have you never wished for just one more when the others were all in use?
> >
> > --
> > gil
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