> Aye, may all your presents come in 8 bits :o) > > (or 12, or 16) And what is wrong with 4 bits (Intel 4004, 4040), 20 bits (classic PERQ), 24 bits (PERQ T4 -- OK, I will be very suprised if any of those turn up!), 32 bits (some 32 bit machines are certainly classics by now), 56 bits (HP calculators had bit-serial CPUs with 56 bit registers), etc, etc, etc... -tony