From: Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 08:21:17 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: questions about bits and bytes
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Message-ID: <doug-9603121634.AA0247400@netman.eng.auburn.edu>
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On Apr 12 at 8:07
jim bell wrote:
>
>Are you sure they're not referring to 8 bits of data and a parity bit?  In 
>any case, please give the address to the list so that it can be checked out.
>
>
>

Come on, give it up already and admit you were wrong. At least 8 different
people have cited examples of machines that supported non 8bit bytes. Your
pride is getting the best of you.

If you mean 8 bits, you should really say Octets as has always been the
form of Internet RFC's where the distinction is important.

It may be standard today, but it was not always so..

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