Anyone know of an extant computer that uses non-8-bit bytes? I certainly can't think of one newer than the 1970s.
- Alex On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote: > D. Finnigan wrote: >> <snip> >> >> Which is why all storage should be declared in bytes. No numbers fiddling, >> no questionable prefixes, no confusion. >> >> ;-) > > But how many bits is it? The 8-bits-to-a-byte thing isn't really an > established standard, it's just been used so long as to be assumed ;) I > wouldn't put it past some marketing company somewhere to advertise drive > sizes in different byte sizes just to confuse things. > > Some stuff used 4 and 6 bit bytes in the early days, IIRC. > > Scott -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
