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Paul,

It is, of course, really 65-bit; but we refer to it as 64-bit as the
65th bit is not readily available to applications (including OS/400).
The 65th bit is for tagged storage, and is rather unique to AS/400.
It is used, among other things, to prevent counterfeiting of address
pointers and is tied closely with system integrity.

Bruce Vining

>
>*snip*   ...runs your legacy back-office apps in 64-bit glory...   *snip*
>
>I thought it was sixty-FIVE bits...  Thought IBM added one of their own
>just to say they had more.   (:
>
>At any rate, is the AS/400 the only computer running 64 (er... 65) bits
>these days?
>
>--Paul E Musselman
>

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