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From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: byte != 8 bits)
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Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 19:40:29 EDT
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Some more suggestions:

In honor of the page size of a Vax:

	512 bits == nanopage

1024 should be called a Kbit, there's just no choice, sorry, not funny.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University