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From: David T Darnell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

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

 Sure was. The Univac 1100 series had a 36-bit word. You had the option of
 having 4 9-bit characters or 6 6-bit characters. The 6-bit characters were
 called "Fieldata" format.


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