24 Dec
2004
24 Dec
'04
9:22 a.m.
Aye, may all your presents come in 8 bits :o)
(or 12, or 16)
And what is wrong with 4 bits (Intel 4004, 4040), 20 bits (classic PERQ),
24 bits (PERQ T4 -- OK, I will be very suprised if any of those turn
up!), 32 bits (some 32 bit machines are certainly classics by now), 56
bits (HP calculators had bit-serial CPUs with 56 bit registers), etc,
etc, etc...
-tony