Jeanne Pitts wrote: > > Actually that should read - every bit, nibble, and byte counted (anyone > remember the nibble? I believe it was 4 bits and was an HP3000 term). > The word "nibble" came on with packed decimal, first used on the IBM 360 some 35 years ago. Each decimal digit in PD requires 4 bits, a "nibble". BTW, I programmed (in SPL) a heavy duty POS system on the Series II. Yes, memory and disk space were scarce commodities. I stored all dates in Calendar FORMAT TO SAVE SPACE. nICK d.