Jeff Blakeney wrote:
To: Michael J. Mahon On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:10:07 -0700, Michael J. Mahon wrote:2 * 1024 = 2048 32MB partitions. ;-(You had me scratching my head there for a second trying to figure out where you got the 2 from. It would have been clearer to me had you written it like so: 64 * 1024 / 32 = 2048 partitions In english, that would be a 64 GB storage volume multiplied by 1024 to get the size in MB then divided by the largest ProDOS volume size of 32 MB to get 2048 partitions. :-)
I was just revealing how I think about it. The the 2 is there because 64 is 2*32, and 1024 is the conversion from MB to GB. Or: 64 GB ------ = 2 * 1024 32 MB The mind is a peculiar thing, and we all have computational shortcuts. I always try to "cancel" terms first, and leave multiplying and dividing as a last resort. ;-) (How 64/32 initially produced "20" is a tribute to that peculiarity!) -michael NadaNet file server for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."