[comp.unix.questions] adb bug?

jabir@quintus.UUCP (Jabir Hussain) (01/16/88)

	% echo "xxxxxxxx" >! x
	%
	%
	% adb -w x
	'A'=X
	                41
	'AB'=X
	                4241
	'ABC'=X
	                42410043
	'ABCD'=X
	                42414443
	0?W 'ABCD' 'EFGH'
	0:              0x78787878      =       0x42414443
	4:              0x78787878      =       0x46454847
	$q
	%
	%
	% cat x
	BADCFEHG


the halfwords seem to be ok, but the bytes are swapped!
is this some sort of pdp-11-ism?