[ih] byte order, was Octal vs Hex, not Re: Dotted decimal notation

Dave Crocker dhc at dcrocker.net
Wed Dec 30 14:07:31 PST 2020


On 12/30/2020 11:54 AM, Bill Ricker wrote:
> 
> The competing 16-bit design team (Edson DeCastro et al) likewise came 
> from a 12-bit processor (PDP-8).


was the core of that team four people? ...


d/

ps. and just to add to the whimsy, the three-person set also reminds me 
of the Magical Number Seven paper. (Nevermind that it's a great read.)

-- 
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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