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In lugnet.build, Michael Cotsford wrote:
> Very cool design.
>
> > The 4-bit byte is a function of #12 axles being the longest available, but
> > the design is extendable to link multiple bytes together into longer length
> > words.
>
> Question:
> Why are you calling 4 bits a byte? 4 bits is a nibble, while 8 bits would be a
> byte. Obviously the design can be extended to 8 bits like you mentioned. They
> you would have your byte.
Actually a byte is whatever you define it to be - a nibble is generally half a
byte, and a word is generally 2 bytes. I haven't seen a machine using 4 bit
bytes, but I've seen 8, 16, 32 and 64. And I'm sure there are other weird ones
floating around ;)
FUT: .off-topic.geek
ROSCO
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