bits and butts

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com> writes:

 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ... bits ...

 Tom> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Witchy wrote:

 >> Yep, all of that :)

 Tom> How many computers (automatic, electronic, digital,
 Tom> stored-program, etc) used an odd number of bits?

Philips EL-X8, home of the famous THE operating system -- 27 bits.

 Tom> Were any of them not signed-magnitude? Eg. odd number of bits
 Tom> 2's complement?

I'm not sure.  Might have a reference somewhere.  

Also, wasn't the Goodyear STARAN supercomputer a one bit computer?

      paul