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IIRC, its instruction set supported words (36 bits), half words (18 bits), third words (12 bits), quad words (9 bits), and sixth words (6 bits). For characters

IIRC, its instruction set supported words (36 bits), half words (18 bits), third words (12 bits), quad words (9 bits), and sixth words (6 bits). For characters, 6 bits also was used at times, for example in its disk format. There, a severely limited character set wasn’t problematic.

jacquesm 1y ago
The later versions (1100/60 and later) had loadable microcode. This allowed for some pretty nifty emulation options.
Narishma 1y ago
> quad words Shouldn't that be quarter words? Quad means quadruple.