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Article #12784Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
From: kstevens
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1986 06:34
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1986 06:34
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---------------------Reply to mail dated 14-DEC-1986
09:57---------------------
>The 360 changed the meaning to 8 bits. Machines with 36 bits, such as
>the PDP-10, Honeywell mainframes, and Univac (sorry, Sperry. uh,
>what are they called today?) have either 6 or 9 bit bytes, and the
>BBN C-70 has a ten bit byte. Further, the information coding people
Just to correct a mis-conception.... On the DEC-10, a byte can be anything
the programmer wants to call it with the most common being 6, 7, or 9.
My mailbox will always accept letters...
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!vino.dec.com!kstevens From: kstevens@vino.dec.com.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf) Message-ID: <6944@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 01:34:41 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.6944 Posted: Tue Dec 16 01:34:41 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 05:02:07 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 21