About anything that Cray had his hands in. A lot of the CDC (Control
Data) or Cray machines where 6 bits. The CDC boxes I played with where
60 bit words.

-Lane

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David T Darnell
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:46 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: OT: Dreams of 6-bit machines

OK, maybe I've been reading way to much of this list's posts, but for
two
nights now I have had a dream wherein a person is explaining that their
strategy is to use "some of these old 6-bit machines" and that they work
great for mundane task like printing and other "utility" tasks.  Then
they
point to one and it's black (or dark brown) and tan colored. It's about
the
width of an EIA 19" rack and stands about waist high. They say this is
starting to get popular.

Well, maybe someone posted something about a 6-bit machine, or maybe
not.
Was there ever such an animal?

-Dave Darnell
Dreams experssed in this email do not necessarily represent those of my
employer, and may or may not be validated by future events.

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