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Article #3487Re: RESPONSE: What size is a 17" monitor really ? buyer accuses fraud. HELP!
From: Roger Fujii
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 18:53
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 18:53
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gt0040a@prism.gatech.edu (Tom Sorensen) writes:
>nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) writes:
>The first major case of this occuring, AFAIK, is with "360K" disks. Although
>*EVERYONE* called them 360K they were really only 320*1024 bytes... (ie- 320K)
What are you talking about????
320K Drives were 80 tracks * 8 sec/track * 512 bytes/sec = 327680 = 320*1024
360K Drives were 80 tracks * 9 sec/track * 512 bytes/sec = 368640 = 360*1024
>>It's as bad as an airline selling the same seat twice - any other
>>business that did the same thing would get sued out of existence.
>It's a matter of definitions, and the public has redefined MB.
Actually, the whole problem is because it isn't really clear what
a megabyte is. Is it 2^20, or 1000*1K?
What *REALLY* is atrocious is tape drives that advertise 250MB when in
reality is 150 w/compression.
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Roger Fujii - Media Cybernetics Phone: (301)495-3305 x259
Internet: rmf%media@uunet.uu.net UUCP: {uunet,hqda-ai}!media!rmf
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