~OT: Computer misconceptions

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From: Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com>
Date: Fri Feb 5 16:04:09 1999

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
>A high-density 3.5" disk does not store 1.44Mbytes (for any reasonable
>definition of Mbyte) :-)

I guess I skipped the discussion on how many it _does_ store. Could you
please give me the capacities of various common disks in bytes?

--Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
Received on Fri Feb 05 1999 - 16:04:09 GMT

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