Anything non intel and before the 4004 I'd think. So yeah, the 70s. I *think* the apollo guidence computer used non-8 bit bytes, and that was used 1969-76 or so???
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:28 PM, J. Alexander Jacocks <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- 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/
