On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, at 6:44pm, Jon Hall wrote: > To throw a bit (pun un-intentional) more into this discussion, don't > assume that a "byte" was eight bits. The PDP-8, Linc-8 and PDP-12 for > instance, were all twelve bit words, broken down into two six-bit > characters.
I'm just curious... was Unix ever developed on any of those? I was pretty much under the impression that Unix assumes an 8-bit byte, but I don't really have anything to back that up... -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
