Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpccc!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpislx!hplvli!boyne From: boyne@hplvli.HP.COM (@Art Boyne) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Packed structures (was: Absolute size of 'short') Message-ID: <340002@hplvli.HP.COM> Date: 6 Sep 88 14:38:39 GMT References: <6104@haddock.ISC.COM> Organization: Loveland Inst. Div Lines: 9 mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: > By the way, does anyone know of a non-mechanical digital calculator or > computer that isn't essentially binary? If you allow antiques, the old IBM 1620 was a decimal CADET (can't add, doesn't even try) machine doing add/subtract via tables located in low core. Art Boyne, !hplabs!hplvly!boyne