Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!think!ames!ptsfa!hoptoad!rtech!mark From: mark@rtech.UUCP (Mark Wittenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch Subject: Re: *Why* do modern machines mostly have 8-bit bytes? Message-ID: <1085@rtech.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 21:35:27 EDT Article-I.D.: rtech.1085 Posted: Thu Jul 23 21:35:27 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 13:54:21 EDT References: <2807@phri.UUCP> Organization: Relational Technology Inc. Alameda, CA 94501 Lines: 17 Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:3409 comp.arch:1679 From article <2807@phri.UUCP>, by roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith): > > First, why did older machines have all sorts of strange word > lengths -- 12, 36, and 60 being sizes that I know of, but I'm sure there > were others. > > Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy > System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute > 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 > Anybody remember the Bendix G-15 (hi Doug) with 29-bit words? -- Mark Wittenberg Relational Technology, Inc. Alameda, CA ihnp4!zehntel!rtech!mark or ucbvax!mtxinu@uihl >th@ne