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Article #114Re: Modems, harddiscs etc!
From: John Surcombe
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00
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In article <na.26f27c476b.a60110ri.scott@argonet.co.uk>
R.I. Scott <ri.scott@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>I ask because my former A5000 is now owned by my sister, who has just bought
>my former 210MB drive from my RiscPC! (Keep it in the family but get paid
>for it :-)) She has now already filled it - as I have with a 1.3GB disc! (Is
>there some theory that says data expands to fill a HD whatever its size??)
Yes. It states that data expands to fill an HD whatever its size.
However, you will find with a bigger HD that you wind up with lots
more dispensable data if you are really that desperate for space.
My 210MB drive hovered with about 30MB free towards the end of its
use - my new 1.7GB drive hovers around being roughly half full.
--
Cheers now, John Download FROBNICATE!
Your established Acorn magazine: http://www.surcombe.demon.co.uk/frobnicate/
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