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On 15/11/2013 15:07, Joel Goldstick wrote:
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>
> Cool, someone here is older than me!  I came in with the 8080, and I
> remember split octal, but sixes are something I missed out on.

The pdp 10/15 had 18 bit words and could be organized as 3*6 or 2*9, pdp 8s had 
12 bits I think, then came the IBM 7094 which had 36 bits and finally the 
CDC6000 & 7600 machines with 60 bits, some one must have liked 6's
-mumbling-ly yrs-
Robin Becker