"39 bits in a word" is such a perfect word size for a binary computer~

Nina Kalinina
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"39 bits in a word" is such a perfect word size for a binary computer~ -
Ferranti Mark 1, an early British computer, used to have a hooter.Here's a manual written by Alan Turing himself on the matter of computer hooters
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Ferranti Mark 1, an early British computer, used to have a hooter.Ferranti Mark 1, an early British computer, used to have a hooter. More computers should have hooters.