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From: kstevens@vino.dec.com.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 01:34:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 16 01:34:41 1986
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---------------------Reply to mail dated 14-DEC-1986
09:57---------------------

>The 360 changed the meaning to 8 bits. Machines with 36 bits, such as
>the PDP-10, Honeywell mainframes, and Univac (sorry, Sperry. uh,
>what are they called today?) have either 6 or 9 bit bytes, and the 
>BBN C-70 has a ten bit byte. Further, the information coding people
Just to correct a mis-conception.... On the DEC-10, a byte can be anything
the programmer wants to call it with the most common being 6, 7, or 9.



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