Re: questions about bits and bytes

[Sten Drescher <stend@grendel.texas.net>]

>>>>> 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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