Re: assistance with disk ][ and modern 1.2M floppies

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Patrick Schaefer <pa.schaefer@fz-juelich.de> wrote:

> 143360 bytes ARE exactly 140kBytes. 140x1024. 
> The 'kilo' in 'kilobyte' is not metric, it means 2E10=1024 instead of
> 1E3=1000.

Since when was 2E10 equal to 1024?  Last time I checked, it was
20000000000 (2 x 10^10).

Perhaps you meant 2^10 (2 to the power of ten)?

:-)

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