wikipedia article

[Thor Lancelot Simon]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 10:27:33PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> 
> What was the bit size of the CPU's originally used to write UNIX in Bell
> Labs?

Rather large.  You can get all the details at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_core.

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  Thor Lancelot Simon	                                     tls at rek.tjls.com

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