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From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc_at_conman.org>
Date: Sun Apr 21 23:27:02 2002

It was thus said that the Great Ben Franchuk once stated:
>
> Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
>
> > As for using non-8 bit byte based CPUs? Not really; I don't think I've
> > ever even come across any 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 60 or 66 bit systems
> > *anywhere* and I'm one of the few programmers I know that's even *heard* of
> > such CPUs. Most programmers I suspect are only aware of the x86.
> What computer systems did you have in mind?
> 9 bit ????
> 12 bit ????

  I might have gotten a bit confused there. I know of systems that have had
9 bit characters, and some that have 12 bit address spaces but I'm sure that
if there were indeed, such things as a nine bit or twelve bit computer,
they'll be mentioned soon enough 8-/

  -spc (But I do want to say the PDP-8 was a 12 bit system for some reason ... )
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