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Re: What kind of SCSI drives can be used on the GS?
- Subject: Re: What kind of SCSI drives can be used on the GS?
- From: jmk3@crux4.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)
- Date: 25 Oct 1994 13:01:43 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Cornell University
- References: <405.UUL1.3#25274@ace.com> <38hm5v$ovc@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <38i2qr$797@asia.lm.com> <38imgv$anl@news.service.uci.edu>
>He also made a common mistake by thinking 1 gigabyte is equal to 1000
>megabytes. In computer terminology, 1 gigabyte == 1024 megabytes.
I've read that HD manufacturers mix up the prefixes, like a megabyte
is a million and a gigabyte is a billion, instead of the close powers
of two. The numbers should always be taken lightly anyway, as they are
often before formatting.
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-- jay.krell@cornell.edu