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On Fri, 17 May 1996, Peter W. Borders wrote: > > I don't find this a scam, it is well defined, and more convenient than > > blindly folowing the usual 1024 = 1000 method (whichis after all > > the non-standard definition!) > > Since when is the definition K = 2^10 (1024) non-standard IN RELATION > TO COMPUTERS? Do you measure your computer's memory in powers of 10? > All the harddisk manufacturers are doing is confusing the general > public by using one value for K for harddisks and another for > anything else to do with a computer. My .02 worth. I have a file that's 21375089 bytes. If I want to tell someone how big that file is, do I say "21.4 MB," or do I grab a calculator and divide it by 1024 twice to get the correct answer, 20.4 MB? People have been using MB=10^6 long before the hard disk manufacturers started. For addressing reasons, RAM is generally limited to high powers of 2 and simple combinations thereof. Hard disks are not. -- John H. Kim There are only two industries that call their jokim@mit.edu customers 'users,' and one of them is illegal. jokim@tuna.mit.edu