"Dan Ceppa" bravely wrote to "BOB KLAHN" (11 Feb 05  13:44:58)
 --- on the heady topic of "Hardware MB question"

 DC> On 10 Feb 05  17:38:00, BOB KLAHN got back to DAN CEPPA
 -> Re: Hardware MB question

 WC>> Called a "nibble" rather than a byte.
 BK>> Dang! I remember those now.

 DC> But, the real question is which one came first?

 DC> I suspect that it was 'byte'.

 BK> I suspect you are right.

 DC> But, is that true?

Wouldn't dibit come before nibble? After all they would have to deal
with 2 multivibrator outputs to count to 4.

 Mike

... Remember, to a computer 1 + 1 = 10
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