13 Oct
2006
13 Oct
'06
1:12 a.m.
Hey All,
On 10/13/06, woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
Simon Fryer wrote:
Or 4 x 6 bit characters. Certain parts of RTS/VOS on a Harris H1200
used a truncated ACSII to fit 4 characters into a word.
Heya,
What ever happened to 24 bit words, or is this an easy case?
That is 3 8 bit
char's. :) I was thinking of Dec's machines and rememberd
other brands later.
While 24 bit computers were made, I can't think of any off hand.
Ahh. The only reason I know anything about the H1200 is that I worked
on one. As far as I know, it is still in production use!
Simon
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