[comp.arch] *Why* do modern machines mostly have 8-bit bytes

dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) (08/16/87)

In article <1332@killer.UUCP> molly@killer.UUCP (Molly Fredericks) writes:
|DEC-System 10's and 20's actually had 36 bits in the word, all of which
|where addressable.

They still do.
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walker@castor.usc.edu (Michael D. Walker) (08/20/87)

In article <986@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>In article <1332@killer.UUCP> molly@killer.UUCP (Molly Fredericks) writes:
>>DEC-System 10's and 20's actually had 36 bits in the word, all of which
>>where addressable.
>
>They still do.

So do ours!




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