NODE 1f0b9bbaRe: questions about bits and bytes
jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>Sun, 14 Apr 1996 01:07:34 +0800
At 09:50 AM 4/11/96 -0400, Richard Martin wrote:
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>On Apr 10, 6:57pm, jim bell wrote:
>> At 06:29 PM 4/10/96 -0700, Simon Spero wrote:
>> >No, bytes are no always 8 bits - some machines use(d) 9-bit bytes.
>> I notice you gave no examples. Why is that?
>Perhaps he thought that most people who were interested could go look
>it up themselves.
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>- From a really quick web search, we find that the SGI Impact jams 9-bit
>bytes [that's what it says] across the Rambus internally. I'm not sure
>if the memory itself is 9-bit.
Are you sure they're not referring to 8 bits of data and a parity bit? In
any case, please give the address to the list so that it can be checked out.
NODE 0be66f05Re: questions about bits and bytes
Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU>Sat, 13 Apr 1996 08:21:17 +0800
On Apr 12 at 8:07
jim bell wrote:
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>Are you sure they're not referring to 8 bits of data and a parity bit? In
>any case, please give the address to the list so that it can be checked out.
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Come on, give it up already and admit you were wrong. At least 8 different
people have cited examples of machines that supported non 8bit bytes. Your
pride is getting the best of you.
If you mean 8 bits, you should really say Octets as has always been the
form of Internet RFC's where the distinction is important.
It may be standard today, but it was not always so..
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