> > 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.
THese thave been model/type numbers, but at least they where
(until the upgraded 1040 with an exception of the 260+/520+
quirk) consistent - The numbering started with the 65XS system
(with 65 kilobytes) and the 130XL (double the size) and continued
with the 260ST (256K or 4 times the 65) and the 520ST (512K or
8 times 65) - here the 260+ and 520+ comes in, whitch are basicly
upgraded 260s and 520s (the 260+ got a full settled memory like
the 520 and the 520+ recived a pigy pack memory add on to give
1 Meg of Mem) - and the 1040 is just the last in this series
with 1024K or 16 times 65 'kilos' ... These numbers are, within
the respective system logical and well defind - and since they
are just model number, thy don't have to reflect any technical
meaning.
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Mon Jan 25 1999 - 08:15:58 GMT