Re: Byte != 8 bits (was Re: "Open System" Redefined in OSI Specification)

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From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 1990 20:38

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In article <7868@uwm.edu> jgd@convex.csd.uwm.edu writes:
>And Unisys (nee Sperry, nee Univac) has its 1100/2200 series systems
>that not only have 9-bit "bytes" (4 per 36 bit word), but are also
>ones-complement!  That _really_ makes portability "interesting".
>
>[What? You mean 0Xff _isn't_ -1?]

It turned out that this broke "vi", of all things.
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From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley)
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Subject: Re: Byte != 8 bits (was Re: "Open System" Redefined in OSI Specification)
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Date: 26 Nov 90 20:38:14 GMT
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