byte alignment - (nf)

[rpw3 at fortune.UUCP]

#R:hocda:-42000:fortune:11600091:000:472
fortune!rpw3    May  1 16:04:00 1984

But on an IBM 1620, the multiply (and I believe, even the add)
was done by table-lookup from a set of tables loaded into low-core
at boot time.

One of the favorite "jokes" (*not if you ask me*) was to "adjust"
the table and then walk away from the machine.  The next guy in
line really had fun.

Rob Warnock

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