On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> Can you find a reference (other than an advert :-)) that defines it any
> other way?
>
> Anyway, I might accept that 1Mbyte = 10^6 bytes, particularly if you
> happen to have a decimal or BCD machine :-) (this is classiccmp). But I
> don't see any justification for making it 1024000 bytes. And that's the
> only way you can have '1.44Mbytes' on a HD 3.5" disk
And we get the 10^6 error as well of course with the Atari STs, models
520 and 1040.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor
Received on Fri Jan 22 1999 - 20:12:55 GMT