interesting Univac ad from 1956

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(06-06-2014 02:05 AM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  Were most of the minis of that era octal-based?

Yes, pretty sure the PDP-8 was an octal-based machine; the PDP-11 I got to use in college was as well, IIRC, as were Data General machines (Nova, Eclipse?).

I think the Vax was the DEC machine that ushered in use of Hex, but this is all rather fuzzy; in fact it's a bit like trying to recall a dream - the harder I try to recall details, the furthur away they seem to be sliding...