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From: Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 28 Feb 2025 21:44:38 -0500
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) writes:
>> In alt.folklore.computers Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:

>>> the word, so 4096KW is 49,152 bits, with addresses 0 to 4095 (most often
                 ^^^^
>>> expressed in octal as 0 to 7777).

>> What "KW" means above?

that I was typing faster than I was thinking.

It should read "4096W = 4KW = 49,152 bits", of course.

> Kilowords.
> $ printf "%f\n" $(( 49152.0 / 4096.0 ))
> 12.000000

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