10 Apr
2026
10 Apr
'26
4:13 p.m.
Paul Koning <paulkoning(a)comcast.net> wrote:
... My impression is that he did it [floating point in TOPS10 for NSP] because he could
...
FWIW, unlike the -11, floating point hardware was standard on all the 36 bit machines.
So there's no reason not to use it. Even the KA had floating point, albeit in a
somewhat different format.
Bob