> > > 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.
> You sure about the CDC-6600? The complete word length was 60 bits, and I
> seem to recall that for the purposes of characters, there were 10 6 bit
> characters stored per word.
> http://www.scd.ucar.edu/computers/gallery/cdc/6600.html The PPUs were 12
> bitters.
Sorry, yes, I should think before writeing. Of course,
the CDCs used weired 6 Bit teleype codings for character
representation.
Gruss
H.
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