From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be0ffa00e7ee1ac6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-29 16:29:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news8-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Bytes per character (was Re: An OS in Ada, why not RTEMS ?) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <6Hkz8.1765$SD4.119903@news8-gui.server.ntli.net> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:28:46 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.255.157.37 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news8-gui.server.ntli.net 1020122946 62.255.157.37 (Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:29:06 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:29:06 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23241 Date: 2002-04-30T00:28:46+01:00 List-Id: "sk" wrote in message news:mailman.1020122162.2772.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > Hi, > > > Seems sort of short-sighted to me; it works fine virtually any > > > > ... > > > > -Brian > > Which is exactly my point ! Which definition do you want > for a storage element ? My 8-bit defintion, the VGA card's > definition of 16-bits, or the MPU which likes doubles ? The x86 vga card doesn't define a storage element as 16bits, it only defines that in textmode the screen is a set of (attribute, character) code pairs, each of 8bits. That's not the same as defining the storage element to be 16bits.