Re: What's in a MB? (was: What size is a 17" monitor really ? ...)

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From: Grant Edwards
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 22:54

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Tom Sorensen (gt0040a@prism.gatech.edu) wrote:
: grante@hydro.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) writes:

: >Wrong.  For disk capacity K is 2^10 and M is 2^20.  For communications
: >the normal base 10 numbers are used: K = 10^3, M = 10^6.

: Hmm... I beg to differ. How big is a 1.44MB disk? 1.44*2^20? Nope. It's
: 1.44*100*1024. (And yes, this time I *DID* check the math). I won't vouch
: for any other size diskette since I don't remember the exact byte count
: on 1.2's or 720's.

Yup, you're right: 1.44MB disks are 1440KB, so now we've got three choices for MB:

   2^20

   10^3 * 2^10

   10^6

I give up.  From now on, I decree that all disk capacity number shall
be written as a base 16 integer with the units being bytes.

--
Grant Edwards                                 |Yow!  Loni Anderson's hair
Rosemount Inc.                                |should be LEGALIZED!!
                                              |
grante@aquarius.rosemount.com                 |

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From: grante@hydro.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: What's in a MB? (was: What size is a 17" monitor really ? ...)
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