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

[Brian E Carpenter]

On 31-Dec-20 11:07, Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 12/30/2020 11:54 AM, Bill Ricker wrote:
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>> The competing 16-bit design team (Edson DeCastro et al) likewise came 
>> from a 12-bit processor (PDP-8).

The Imlac PDS-1 was also very much a 16-bit PDP-8, also (I believe) designed
by ex-DEC people.

    Brian Carpenter

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> was the core of that team four people? ...
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> d/
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> 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.)
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