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Subject:    [TUHS] 6-bit, 7-bit and 9-bit byte UNIXes
From:       jpetts () operamail ! com (James Petts)
Date:       2004-09-30 23:46:52
Message-ID: 20040930234652.D0E483AA515 () ws5-8 ! us4 ! outblaze ! com
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Natalia

I don't know of any non-8-bit Unix systems, but Multics, on the GE645 at
least, had a 36-bit word. See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics

James


----- Original Message -----
From: "Natalia Portillo" <iosglpgc at teleline.es>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:07:46 +0100
To: <tuhs at tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] 6-bit, 7-bit and 9-bit byte UNIXes

> Hi!
> 
> Was there any UNIX with 6-bit wide, 7-bit wide or 9-bit wide bytes or all
> UNIXes are 8-bit wide bytes?
> 
> Regards
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