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Byte journal used to be an American microcomputer journal, influential within the past due Seventies and during the Eighties due to its wide-ranging editorial assurance. while many magazines from the mid-1980s were devoted to the MS-DOS (PC) platform or the Mac, quite often from a company or domestic user's point of view, Byte lined advancements within the complete box of "small desktops and software", and infrequently different computing fields akin to supercomputers and high-reliability computing. assurance was once in-depth with a lot technical aspect, instead of user-oriented. Print book ceased in 1998 and on-line e-book in 2013.
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To begin with, I appear to be a section burdened approximately your use of the phrases "word", "byte" and "bit". As I comprehend their utilization, "word" refers back to the grouping of "bytes" that are thought of to be one reminiscence position, and "byte" is a grouping of bits, 3 or 4 counting on no matter if octal or hexadecimal is used. the object "Which Microprocessor for You? " turns out to take advantage of the phrases "word" and "byte" interchangeably, which confuses me in regards to the processor's position referencing skill. who's correct, me otherwise you? Secondly, i've got visible information regarding 8-bit and 16-bit microprocessors, yet no advertisements approximately 12-bit microprocessors. Having gotten my programming education on a 12-bit procedure (PDP-8/L) can have made me un duly a fan of 12-bit phrases, yet an 8-bit procedure wouldn't enable me to cheat and shop ASCII characters in a situation, whereas sixteen bits turns out too huge for my wants. Does anyone positioned out a 12-bit microprocessor with 4k reminiscence? eighty four ultimately, see numerous keyboards out out there; i don't see any printers, line or teletype variety. the place are they hiding? thanks on your cognizance. Stephen Holland Glenview IL thanks on your letter, Stephen. Precision in description of techniques is among the strongest suggestions within the human race s evolutionary bag of tips. the one hitch is speaking what the definitions are whilst there are numerous diversified humans concerned and every has a different previous adventure. optimistically in written communications we will hold the ambiguities (other than occasional enjoyable) to a mll1lmum. to explain your very legitimate criticism approximately reminiscence phrases, the next are a few relatively primary definitions. in case you learn definite articles, corresponding to Hal Chamberlin's, it seems that of those definitions are an identical. For different occasions they won't be: *A bit is the basic it's the unit of garage. All different phrases are defined when it comes to bits. One reminiscence mobile can carry one bit's price of logical 0 or one. *A byte is a grouping of bits within the association of reminiscence, frequently outlined ala IBM as eight bits. (Nybbles are half-bytes. ) *A notice is the frequent and extremely common time period for "n" bits right now in a desktops reminiscence. The time period note is equal to byte while re ferencing an 8-bit byte-oriented desktop, yet will surely vary for a 12-bit PDP-8 or a 16-bit PDP-l I or a few outdated 36-bit Univac clunker or a 60-bit CDC computer. If that is not sufficient to confuse the difficulty, a number of the early literature on machines corresponding to IBM's previous STRETCH desktop referenced variable sized bytes extending the definition to "any crew of n bits". quite often, although, a given computer could have a "memory tackle house" for direct connection with a selected dimension o f ' 'word". For the byte-bangers (8080, 6800, 8008, 6501, F8, and so on. ) every one reminiscence handle will get you one byte. For a PDP-8 every one handle in reminiscence will get you one 72-bit notice and so forth. so far as 12-bit micros pass, there are none that are in general on hand to amateurs but. there's the CMOS PDP-8 alternative which Intersil makes, however it is particularly pricey as but.