I seem to recall not long ago hearing of some machine architechtures that
have used large bytes, i.e. high number of bits per byte. I think at some
point I heard mention of a 36-bit byte, but one of my colleagues questioned
that (he once worked with a 36-bit architecture, but says it was actually
using 9-bit bytes).
Can anyone clarify for me how big a byte has ever been? (If you could
identify the particular hardware, that would be helpful.)
- Peter
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Peter Constable
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