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Re: File storage waste !

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From: Dale M Greer
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 06:51
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In article <dags-2601951805090001@dialup-12.insane.apana.org.au>,
dags@netspace.net.au (Darryl Harvey) wrote:

> If I save a teachtext file that is 396 bytes, why does it register as 33K
                                                                        ^^^
> when saved to disk ??

Hah!  Wait till you get a 4 Terabyte drive with a minimum file size of
32 Megabytes!  Of course, by the time such a drive is available, Apple
will have come out with a file system that won't have such problems.

--

Dale Greer, greer@utdallas.edu
"I'm tryin' ta think, but nutt'n happens!" - Curly
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From: greer@utdallas.edu (Dale M Greer)
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Subject: Re: File storage waste !
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Date: 30 Jan 1995 06:51:24 GMT
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