GE-400 series
Encyclopedia
The GE-400 series were Time-sharing
Information Systems computers by General Electric
introduced in 1964 and shipped until 1968.
They used 24-bit
words storing binary words, 4 6-bit BCD characters or 4 signed decimal digits. The 400 series preceded the GE-600 series
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Time-sharing
Time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking. Its introduction in the 1960s, and emergence as the prominent model of computing in the 1970s, represents a major technological shift in the history of computing.By allowing a large...
Information Systems computers by General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
introduced in 1964 and shipped until 1968.
They used 24-bit
24-bit
Notable 24-bit machines include the ICT 1900 series and the Harris H series.The IBM System/360, announced in 1964, was a popular computer system with 24-bit addressing and 32-bit general registers and arithmetic...
words storing binary words, 4 6-bit BCD characters or 4 signed decimal digits. The 400 series preceded the GE-600 series
GE-600 series
The GE-600 series was a family of 36-bit mainframe computers originating in the 1960s, built by General Electric . When GE left the mainframe business the line was sold to Honeywell, who built similar systems into the 1990s as the division moved to Groupe Bull and then NEC.-Architecture:The 600...
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External links
- http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102646147
- http://febcm.club.fr/english/chronoa5.htm
- http://www.feb-patrimoine.com/PROJET/ge400/ge-400.htm