From: Sten Drescher <stend@grendel.texas.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:46:48 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: questions about bits and bytes
In-Reply-To: <m0u7BgI-00091BC@pacifier.com>
Message-ID: <199604120217.VAA03048@grendel.texas.net>
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>>>>> jim bell writes:

jb> 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.

jb> I notice you gave no examples.  Why is that?

	As I recall, the Honeywell H6000 used 6-bit bytes and 36-bit
(6 byte) words.

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