> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of David > Bridgham > Sent: 05 December 2016 18:37 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Odd "endianness" [was Re: RE: Base 64 posts to the list] > > On 12/05/2016 12:17 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > > > Or how about architectures not using a word length that's an integral > > number of bytes? > > You mean like any 36-bit machine?
Honeywell L66 & DPS8 used to have 36 bit words which originally contained 6 x 6-bit characters. When they extended the machines to work with ASCII they put 4 x 9-bit characters which I seem to remember they called 9-bit bytes.. Dave
