> 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 > [email protected] 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)