17 Mar
2018
17 Mar
'18
11:49 p.m.
On 3/17/2018 8:54 AM, Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
... Was it the 704, or the 709? I recall that the
array indexing order mapped directly into its index register or something
...
It first ran on the IBM 704, whose index registers subtracted (as did
the follow-on 709, 7090, etc), so array indexing went from higher memory
addresses to lower.
The bookshelf: I had most of those books once;
what's the one on the
bottom right? It has a "paperback" look about it, but I can't quite make
it out because of the reflection on the spine.
I'm not sure, and things have shifted since then on the shelves, but I
sent the original photo to your email address.