1996-04-11 - RE: questions about bits and bytes
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From: Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
To: “‘jim bell’” <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Message Hash: cc4ce3fce7b2addee8ab1673f105f31a1f500e583d6d43c8a61582a7f29bbc69
Message ID: <01BB279B.115D6C50@bcdev.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-04-11 21:51:52 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 05:51:52 +0800
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From: Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 05:51:52 +0800
To: "'jim bell'" <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: RE: questions about bits and bytes
Message-ID: <01BB279B.115D6C50@bcdev.com>
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> 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)
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