Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!pioneer!eugene From: eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene Miya N.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch Subject: Re: *Why* do modern machines mostly have 8-bit bytes? Message-ID: <2396@ames.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 17:35:17 EDT Article-I.D.: ames.2396 Posted: Thu Jul 23 17:35:17 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 08:47:42 EDT References: <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <2792@phri.UUCP> <8315@utzoo.UUCP> <2807@phri.UUCP> <6724@think.UUCP> <624@ima.ISC.COM> Sender: usenet@ames.UUCP Reply-To: eugene@pioneer.UUCP (Eugene Miya N.) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Lines: 3 Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:3382 comp.arch:1671 >Even Seymour Cray has byte addressing in the Cray 2, doesn't he? Byte addressing? What's that? Speaking from personal experience?