17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 06:29 PM 4/10/96 -0700, Simon Spero wrote:
No, bytes are no always 8 bits - some machines use(d) 9-bit bytes.
I notice you gave no examples. Why is that?
Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com
In a past life I worked on a Honeywell DPS8 box that had 36 bit words and 9 bit bytes. -Blake (recalling the random evil flags that extra bit was used for)