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unusual facts about CDC 1604


History of the transistor

The CDC 1604 was the first practical commercial computer based on transistors.


48-bit

Computers with 48-bit words include the AN/FSQ-32, CDC 1604/CDC 3xxx, BESM-6, and Burroughs large systems (B5xxx-B8xxx, which additionally had a 3-4 type tag).


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