Warren Pace wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Caldarale, Charles R > wrote: >>> From: André Warnier [mailto:aw@ice-sa.com] >>> Subject: Re: [OT] Re: So many timeout values >>> >>> As long as we're on the [OT] subject, how about learning about the >>> judicious and parcimonious usage of sorted data structures, on a >>> computer with 16 Kb of RAM and punched paper cards as its only external >>> memory store (IBM System 4, RPG) ? >>> 2 GB heaps, ha ! >>> >>> Anyone else upping the ante ? >> Univac 1004: 961 *6-bit* bytes of core memory, programmed via squids on a plugboard. Handled punch cards, paper tape, and printing; tape drive optional (we didn't have one). Had a tendency to throw cards all over the room if not handled properly. >> >> - Chuck >> >> I'd say you win, Chuck. > Yep, I give up. I was kind of baiting Chuck, I suspected he would win in the end. But I was hoping for someone to come up in-between up with a Cromemco or NortStar CPU board, for S-100 bus, with a telex paper tape reader as boot device.. The thing above kind of trumps that however. The only 6-bit bytes machine I remember was a Control Data 6600. It had 10 of them in a word though, so pretty big integers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org