18 bit CPU; was: Speed now & then

[Toby Thain]

On 2018-04-14 7:00 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> ...
> I'm familiar with Univac's having worked on the 1100 many moons ago,
> But look at the line above my comment:
>   "you assume that a char is 8 bits, with a signed char having a range 
> of +/-255".
> 
> An 8 bit signed char has the values -128 to +127, as I stated.  even a 9 bit
> signed char would not be +/-255 but -256 to +255.

Not in one's complement.

> 
> bill
>