[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 8/23/2012 9:25 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <%McZr.22053$FY2.64 at fx27.am4>, ChrisQ <meru at devnull.com> writes:
>>
>> If you read back in the thread, you'll see that what i'm really getting at
>> is that a byte  stream is the most generic / lowest common denominator, from
>> which all other data formats can be layered on top of.
>
>     Just try that on an 18 bit computer.  Or a 36 bit computer.
>

I don't recall ever encountering an 18 bit computer.   I dimly recall 36 
bit from somewhere, I haven't encountered one in many long years!