18 Jan
2017
18 Jan
'17
7:47 p.m.
On 2017-Jan-18 07:04:31 +0100, Lars Brinkhoff <lars(a)nocrew.org> wrote:
The PDP-10 did not have a fixed byte size. Were there
any 9-bit
machines?
The Honeywell 6000 series (aka 66/DPS, a rebadged GE 6xx series) was
36-bit and supported either 6-bit or 9-bit characters. I don't recall
how you selected which you were using but I recall both Pascal and APL
used the 9-bit byte.
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Peter Jeremy