In what base is 19 half of 36? Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Friday, June 17, 2022 10:01 AM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: When did logical instructions appear? > I suspect that it goes back farther. There was no concept of halfword at the time; > it was all 36-bit words. Oooh, I like the idea of halfwords in that context-19 bits! Just think, we'd all know the numbers 524,288 and 262,144 like we know 32K and 64K...
