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From: jpetts@operamail.com (James Petts)
Subject: [TUHS] 6-bit, 7-bit and 9-bit byte UNIXes
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:46:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040930234652.D0E483AA515@ws5-8.us4.outblaze.com> (raw)

Natalia

I don't know of any non-8-bit Unix systems, but Multics, on the GE645 at
least, had a 36-bit word. See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics

James


----- Original Message -----
From: "Natalia Portillo" <iosglpgc@teleline.es>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:07:46 +0100
To: <tuhs at tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] 6-bit, 7-bit and 9-bit byte UNIXes

> Hi!
> 
> Was there any UNIX with 6-bit wide, 7-bit wide or 9-bit wide bytes or all
> UNIXes are 8-bit wide bytes?
> 
> Regards
> 
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             reply	other threads:[~2004-09-30 23:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-30 23:46 James Petts [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-01  3:59 Carl Lowenstein
2004-10-01  0:47 Norman Wilson
2004-10-01  1:05 ` Andru Luvisi
2004-09-30 19:07 Natalia Portillo
2004-09-30 23:57 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2004-10-01  0:21 ` Kenneth Stailey
2004-10-01  0:58 ` Michael Davidson

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