[ih] bytes [Re: "network unix"]

[brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com (Brian E Carpenter)]

On 10/10/2016 08:20, Scott O. Bradner wrote:

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> PDP-11 were 16 bit words

I think the byte stabilised at 8 bits in my mind because of
the PDP-11, rapidly followed by the Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800.
Looking at my 1971 PDP11/20-15-r20 processor handbook, it's unambiguous
that a byte is 8 bits and is the smallest addressable unit.

(However, I think the question was really settled in April 1964
when the IBM 360 was announced. From then on, the 6 bit bytes were
survivors.)

When did ISO start using "octet"?

    Brian