How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes

[Tim Roberts]

Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart at gmail.com> wrote:

>On 5 Jun 2013 06:23, "Tim Roberts" <timr at probo.com> wrote:
>> A single machine word was 60 bits, so a single register read got you 10
>> characters.
>
>10 characters! Now that sounds like it's enough to actually store a word.
>However long words can inadverten be cropped.

Well, Cybers weren't often used for heavy text processing.  Most of the
time, a "word" was limited to 7 characters, so you could fit an 18-bit
address in the bottom of the register.
-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.