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On 11/16/24 12:24 AM, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 23:31:26 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>>     Again, not entirely sure where the end of octal was. Many of the PDPs
>>     used octal, and I *think* a few PIC chips. 8/16/32 kinda took over
>>     kinda early on however.
> 
> chmod 4755
> 
> I don't know if I'd call it octal but if you were writing an assembler for
> quite a few microcontrollers the opcodes would have a pattern where source
> ans destination registers were 0 - 7,


   Octal does persist, sometimes in obscure ways and places.
   It WAS kinda big for awhile - a "big step" better than
   8-bit.

   Alas don't think anymore 12 or 24 bit CPUs are
   gonna be made. Might still have a place for some
   higher-end microcontrollers - hell, I think Epson
   still makes FOUR-bit microcontrollers (looked at
   the sheet for one once, insanely capable).

   Hmmm ... 256 of those 4-bitters running
   parallel - that'd be a fun project :-)