1996-04-11 - Re: questions about bits and bytes

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From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-04-11 09:32:07 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 17:32:07 +0800

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From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 17:32:07 +0800
To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: questions about bits and bytes
Message-ID: <m0u7BgI-00091BC@pacifier.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

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  • 1996-04-12 (Fri, 12 Apr 1996 21:22:32 +0800) - Re: questions about bits and bytes - “Richard Martin” <rmartin@aw.sgi.com>
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  • 1996-04-12 (Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:46:48 +0800) - Re: questions about bits and bytes - Sten Drescher <stend@grendel.texas.net>