questions about bits and bytes

[Blake Coverett]

> 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 at 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)