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

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From: Robert Rubinoff
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 1990 01:49

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In article <1990Nov26.203814.14678@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:
>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".
>It turned out that this broke "vi", of all things.

Gee, then I guess this feature is a real advantage!!!!!  :-)


   Robert

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