Early computers was Re: Relay computers

[ben franchuk]

Ron Hudson wrote:

> no one... just me just now...  Didn't and older IBM machine store 
> numbers digit
> by digit in consecutive words (allowing you to setup integers as 
> long/wide as you
> needed) ?

The IBM 1620 did that.  Mind you back then you used about
10 digits for most math. Simh will emulate that machine but I
don't think there is any software ( assembler / fortran II ) around still
for that machine.