Re: A2 CF Card users - Trend Setters

[John <zzzjoki@yahoo.com>]

On Jun 26, 2:06 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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That's how I learned.
64  x  2^30       64
---------------  =   ----  x   2 ^(30-20) =   2 x 2 ^ 10 =  2 x
1024
32 x  2^20       32