[–] db48x 4y ago ↗ What other sizes would you like? [–] URfejk 4y ago ↗ 42. The right answer is always 42.:) [–] db48x 4y ago ↗ :) [–] LinuxBender 4y ago ↗ Whatever gets us closer to The Custodian [1][1] - https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Custodian
[–] LinuxBender 4y ago ↗ Whatever gets us closer to The Custodian [1][1] - https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Custodian
[–] johndoe0815 4y ago ↗ Because it's quite difficult to find a PDP10 or DECsystem-20 today...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOPS-10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TENEX_(operating_system)
[–] beardyw 4y ago ↗ I worked on ICL computers in the 1970s with 24 bit words made up of four 6 bit bytes. Having just 64 characters limited text output a lot. Having 8 bits was much better and it stuck.Using 4 or 8 of those is just about address space.
[–] rurban 4y ago ↗ Because 8-16 bit cpu's are fine without. Eg baremetal AVR firmware comes without all the OS bloat, it does one thing only.
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[1] - https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Custodian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOPS-10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TENEX_(operating_system)
Using 4 or 8 of those is just about address space.