CDC 160A

By admin , 15 December 2015
160A
Description

The CDC 160 and CDC 160-A were 12-bit minicomputers built by Control Data Corporation from 1960 to 1965. The 160 was designed by Seymour Cray - reportedly over a long three-day weekend. It fit into the desk where its operator sat.The 160 architecture used ones' complement arithmetic with end-around carry.NCR joint-marketed the 160-A under its own name for several years in the 1960s.

Year First Manufactured
1963

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