UNIVAC 1103AThe UNIVAC 1103A was an upgraded version of the UNIVAC 1103 introduced by Sperry Rand in March, 1956.The UNIVAC 1103A had up to 12,288 words of 36 bit magnetic core memory, in one to three banks of 4,096 words each. Fixed-point numbers had a 1 bit sign and a 35 bit value, with negative values represented in one's complement format. Floating-point numbers had a 1 bit sign, an 8 bit characteristic, and a 27 bit mantissa. Instructions had a 6 bit operation code and two 15-bit operand addresses. |
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"How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself." - Anais Nin (1903-1977) |
