@b0rk For more background on the Gene Amdahl comment, you might want to to dig in the 8087 which sparked the IEEE 754-1985 standard (and maybe Phil Kaufman too).
I think it is to balance scale and precision.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8087
I think it is to balance scale and precision.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8087
@b0rk I finished a few blog posts around your tweets like
If you want I can get you early access. DM me if you want that.
https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/1624094389399171088schedued some 3 years from now.
If you want I can get you early access. DM me if you want that.
@b0rk I think the 1987 message by Phil Kaufman in the middle of the below Info-IBMPC Digest Friday, 28 August 1987 Volume 6 : Issue 59 gives a very good historic perspective.
groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm…
groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm…
@b0rk Back in ISO/IEC 2382-1: 1993 the byte definition still was:
01.02.09
byte
A string that consists of a number of bits, treated as a unit, and usually representing a character or a part of a character.
...
2 The number of bits in a byte is usually 8.
01.02.09
byte
A string that consists of a number of bits, treated as a unit, and usually representing a character or a part of a character.
...
2 The number of bits in a byte is usually 8.
@b0rk Nibbles were a thing back in those days as well.
I'm probably showing my age when telling you I used to buy Nibble Magazine in the bookstore (:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibble_(m…
At age 16, NLG 15,90 it was about 3 hours of work getting such a magazine.
USD/NLG exchange rate was 3.19
I'm probably showing my age when telling you I used to buy Nibble Magazine in the bookstore (:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibble_(m…
At age 16, NLG 15,90 it was about 3 hours of work getting such a magazine.
USD/NLG exchange rate was 3.19
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