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How did the IBM 360 detect memory errors?
What logic did the IBM 360 use to detect, and perhaps correct, memory bit errors?
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Why did IBM 7030 or IBM 360 use byte and word addressing simultaneously
In 1950s machines had a 36 bit words. And in this word we could pack symbols using 6 bits. And to fetch this symbols from the word programmer should do it using bit manipulations.
In 1961 IBM released ...