Julia Evanssome possible reasons for 8-bit bytes https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/03/06/possible-reasons-8-bit-bytes/
Steve Bellovin@b0rk As promised: “Brief Notes on Computer Word and Byte Sizes”: https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2023-03/2023-03-07.html
Soh Kam YungAdding #ComputerHistory #Computers #IBMS360 #Bits #Bytes #History #FredBrooks tags to this, so it can be picked up (hopefully) by Mastodon searches.
Topic: Historical note on how 8 bits make a byte.
@sohkamyung @b0rk Thank you!