On 21 Dec 2013 19:17:56 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >In <p06240401ceca853cbacd@[192.168.2.101]>, on 12/08/2013 > at 03:27 PM, "Robert A. Rosenberg" <[email protected]> said: > >>Data in the computer is stored in 8-bit long bytes. > >Data in a computer are stored in units dictated by the architecture. >For the S/360 it's 8-bit[1] bytes. I've seen word sizes of 12, 18, 24, >30, 36, 60 and 64 bits, words size of 10 decimal digits[2] and >character size of 6 bits, and that leaves out the really old stuff.
Also 48 bits on the Honeywell 800 and Burroughs B5000. Clark Morris > >Silly wabbit, trits are for kids. > >[1] In CDC-land the default bytes size was 12. > >[2] With either a 2-state sign or a 3-state sign. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
