Re: RESPONSE: What size is a 17" monitor really ? buyer accuses fraud. HELP!

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From: John DiMarco
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 16:50

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In <gfzLe#b@quack.kfu.com> nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) writes:

>Note the followup-to.

>I agree with your sentiments, but you left out one of the most agredious
>example: hard disks. A 1.7 'gigabyte' drive holds about 2,800,000
>512 byte sectors. Oh, that was 1.7G _unformatted_. How much good does
>the unformatted capacity of a drive do ANYONE?! In order to USE the
>bloody thing don't you have to FORMAT it?! 

Formatted capacity depends on the sector size the drive was formatted with.
To prevent confusion, manufacturers quote unformatted capacity. 

Regards,

John
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John DiMarco                                              jdd@cdf.toronto.edu
Computing Disciplines Facility Systems Manager            jdd@cdf.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto                                     EA201B,(416)978-1928

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From: jdd@cdf.toronto.edu (John DiMarco)
Subject: Re: RESPONSE: What size is a 17" monitor really ? buyer accuses fraud. HELP!
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