Re: A2 CF Card users - Trend Setters

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Bryan Parkoff wrote:
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 
> 1tKdnZszBMm_Vx3bnZ2dnUVZ_sPinZ2d@comcast.com">news:1tKdnZszBMm_Vx3bnZ2dnUVZ_sPinZ2d@comcast.com...
>
> > Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> >
> > > mr. brad wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > > 64GB, offer users as much or as little storage space as they need for
> > > > > now, with larger SSD sizes on the way in the future"
> > > >
> > > > At 64GB an apple ii  person on his CFFA card could prob store every 
> > > > apple program application written from magazine type in versions to 
> > > > whatever comercial to hobby ever made .... all on the same card...now 
> > > > for you math types..just how many prodos partitions would that come out 
> > > > to?
> > >
> > >
> > > 20 * 1024 = 20,480 32MB partitions.  ;-)
> >
> > Aaaack!  Try:
> >
> > 2 * 1024 = 2048 32MB partitions.  ;-(
>
>
> Michael,
>
>     It seems confusing.  Maybe formula should be better like this.
>
>     1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 64 = 68,719,476,736 bytes
>
>     68,719,476,736 bytes / 512 bytes / 65,536 blocks = 2,048 32MB partitions
>
>     I remember back time -- you have said enhanced ProDOS supports > 4GB is 
> considered non-ProDOS!!

Right--and that's still the most likely outcome of a radical extension.

-michael

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