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Article #75010Re: "Open System" Redefined in OSI Specification
From: Per Andersson
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 1990 21:22
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 1990 21:22
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In article <HARKCOM.90Nov21080149@potato.pa.Yokogawa.Co.jp> harkcom@potato.pa.Yokogawa.Co.jp (Alton Harkcom) writes: > I never understood what the confusion was though. Are there systems >which uses 16 bits/byte? And whats the story with IBM? Could the original >poster elaborate a bit (by email if my ignorance is showing :-) Not the original poster, but... Digital said somewhere in their education manual : a byte is between 6 (?) and 36 bits long. That was of course long before the IBM PC was planned. ( I think it was six, not sure ). Per -- Per Andersson (perand@admin.kth.se, perand@stacken.kth.se) Trying a new job at Bofors Electronics, still reading news at the Royal Institute of Technology Time, got the time tick tick tickin' in my head - Joe Jackson
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,c0b93fb4f7d1c8eb X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-11-23 12:19:59 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!sunic!kth.se!perand From: perand@admin.kth.se (Per Andersson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: "Open System" Redefined in OSI Specification Message-ID: <1990Nov22.212238.3137@kth.se> Date: 22 Nov 90 21:22:38 GMT References: <9011190912.AA15667@wubios.wustl.edu> <GUMBY.90Nov19093839@Cygnus.COM> <MPF.90Nov19140732@triplea.cs.umd.edu> <HARKCOM.90Nov21080149@potato.pa.Yokogawa.Co.jp> Distribution: gnu Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 17 Posted: Thu Nov 22 22:22:38 1990