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- From: dnl@convex.is.macsch.com (David Lombard)
- Subject: Re: A theory for Big & Little Endian's origin
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- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 01:47:01 GMT
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- In article <C0JnLq.K2x@uceng.uc.edu> jpenix@uceng.uc.edu (John Penix) writes:
- >
- >I remember reading (and I'll hunt down the title if you'd like) that
- >IBM's endedness came from a mechanical memory device that was something
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- Gee, I thought IBM processors were big endian, but maybe I'm confusing
- them with I N T E L ( N O T I B M ) processors?
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- Silly me...
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- Regards,
- DNL
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