22 Apr
2002
22 Apr
'02
8:45 a.m.
> > 9bits was the byte size for the PDP-10, I
believe IBM360 and CDC6600
> Na, the /360 was a plain 8 Bit/Byte machine, but
I think you're right
> about the CDC. AFAIR there was a Bull machine using 9 Bit Bytes, and
> 18 Bit integers.
I don't know about the /360, but the the /370 and
/390 used 8-bit bytes,
32-bit words, and 31-bit (!) addressing.
Well,
/360 16 Bit address
/370 24 Bit address
/390 24 or 31 Bit address
All architectures had 8 Bit Bytes and 32 Bit Registers
Gruss
H.
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