22 Apr
2002
22 Apr
'02
8:31 a.m.
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:
I don't know about the /360, but the the /370 and /390 used 8-bit bytes,
32-bit words, and 31-bit (!) addressing.
Peace... Sridhar
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.