[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-08-24 02:52, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> 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!

18-bit: PDP-1, PDP-4, PDP-7, PDP-9, PDP-15.
36-bit: (PDP-3?), PDP-6, PDP-10.

And that is just keeping it within the DEC family.

And to make the list more complete:
12-bit: PDP-5, PDP-8, PDP-12.
16-bit: PDP-11

Missing from above: PDP-2 (never made), PDP-13 (never made), PDP-14 
(industrial controller, something like a 1-bit machine in some ways), 
PDP-16 (sort of 16-bit I think).

	Johnny