Re: A theory for Big & Little Endian's origin

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From: David Lombard
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 01:47

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In article <C0JnLq.K2x@uceng.uc.edu> jpenix@uceng.uc.edu (John Penix) writes:
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>I remember reading (and I'll hunt down the title if you'd like) that
>IBM's endedness came from a mechanical memory device that was something

Gee, I thought IBM processors were big endian, but maybe I'm confusing
them with   I N T E L   ( N O T   I B M )   processors?

Silly me...

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DNL

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